Nuno Álvares Pereira
Military Commander
1360 – 1431
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Who was Nuno Álvares Pereira?
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm., also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic, was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1918 and was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1360
Cernache do Bonjardim - Also known as
- Nuno Alvares Pereira
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Portuguese people
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Died
- Apr 1, 1431
Carmo Convent
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on July 23, 2013
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