Note 446 — XII. PETER DAMIANI.
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John, a disciple of St. Peter Damiani, in alluding to the prevailing twin vices of simony and marriage, says: “Quæ videlicet pestes tam perniciosa consuetudine prævaluerant, tamque impune totam ferme ecclesiam in omni Romano orbe fædaverant, ut vix jam reprehensorem, tamquam licite, formidarent.”—Vit. S. P. Damiani c. 16.