Peter the Aleut, born Cungagnaq, is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a native of Kodiak Island, and received the Christian name of Peter when he was baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church by the monks of St Herman's missionaries operating in the north. According to the Eastern Orthodox Church, he was captured by Spanish soldiers near "San Pedro" in 1815 and killed either there or at a nearby location on the orders of the Jesuits, however this narrative is rejected by historians.
