<Tr> <Th> Attributes </Th> <Td> Dominican with a hatchet in his head or a severe head wound; or writing the words "Credo in Deum" as he dies . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Patronage </Th> <Td> Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; Inquisitors; midwives </Td> </Tr> <P> Saint Peter of Verona O.P. (1206--April 6, 1252), also known as Saint Peter Martyr, was a 13th - century Italian Catholic priest . He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher . He served as Inquisitor in Lombardy, was killed by an assassin, and was canonized as a Catholic saint 11 months after his death, making this the fastest canonization in history . </P> <P> Thomas Agni of Leontino, Dominican archbishop of Cosenza, and later patriarch of Jerusalem, was the first to write a life of the blessed martyr . He lived for many years with Peter of Verona and had been his superior . </P>

Who was the fastest saint to be canonized