ÁLVAREZ PEREIRA, Nuno, Blessed. - Constable of Portugal, born at Bom Jardim in 1360 to a noble family. Although honored by Queen Eleanor, seeing that her government was fatal to the homeland and detestable to morals, he did not hesitate to embrace in 1383 the party of the future King John I, making it triumph in Lisbon after a brilliant battle. He did the same in Alentejo and finally at the Atoleiros against the King of Castile, Eleanor's ally. Full of zeal for the Catholic faith, he subsequently directed arms against the Moroccan Mohammedans, from whom he took the city of Ceuta. Through the marriage of his daughter Beatrice to Prince Alfonso he founded the royal dynasty of Braganza; but in 1422 he laid down all honors and riches to take the Carmelite habit in the convent of Lisbon, where he died in holiness in 1431. Benedict XV, in 1918, approved his liturgical cult.
Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Saints & hagiography Blessed
Álvarez Pereira, Nuno, Blessed
ÁLVAREZ PEREIRA, NONIO, BEATO
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Pou, y Marti Giuseppe. “Álvarez Pereira, nonio, beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 953. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alvarez-pereira-nonio-beato.
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Pou, y Marti Giuseppe. “Álvarez Pereira, nonio, beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 953. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alvarez-pereira-nonio-beato.
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author = {Pou, y Marti Giuseppe},
title = {Álvarez Pereira, nonio, beato},
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address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/alvarez-pereira-nonio-beato}
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