Peter Nolasco
Organization founder
1189 – 1256
Who was Peter Nolasco?
Saint Peter Nolasco, Pere Nolasc in Catalan, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish, is a Catholic saint, born at Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, Languedoc, today's France, although some historians claim he was born in Barcelona.
It 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. In 1218 he formed a congregation of men that became the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives with approval by Pope Gregory IX in 1230.
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- Born
- 1189
Mas-Saintes-Puelles - Also known as
- St. Pedro Nolasco
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Spain
- France
- Died
- May 6, 1256
Valencia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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