Peter Nolasco
13th-century Spanish Catholic religious founder and saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Pedro Nolasco.
Peter Nolasco, O. de M. (Pere Nolasc in Catalan, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish; 1189 – 6 May 1256) was a Catholic priest known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives (the Mercedarians) with approval by Pope Gregory IX on January 17th, 1235.
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Peter Nolasco O. de M. | |
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Confessor | |
Born | 1189 Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, Languedoc |
Died | 6 May 1256 Valencia |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Canonized | 30 September 1628, Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States by Pope Urban VIII |
Feast | 6 May |
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Though there is debate about whether Nolasco was born in France or Spain, is clear that he was in Barcelona when he was a teenager, became part of an army fighting the Moors in the Iberian peninsula, and was appointed tutor to the young king, James I of Aragon.