Benedict the Moor, also known as Benedict of Palermo, Benedict the Black, or Benedict the African, was an Afro-Sicilian Franciscan friar. He was born to enslaved Africans in San Fratello, Sicily and freed at birth. He became known for his charity.

04-04

• African missions
• African Americans
• black missions
• black people
• Palermo
• San Fratello
• Acquedolci
• Sicily

1526

1589-04-04

canonized

24 May 1807

Pope Pius VII

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