Feast November 6
Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira
Saint · Feast November 6
Biography
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, OCarm, known as Constable of Portugal, was a Portuguese general who played a decisive role in the 1383–1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
Feast day
November 6
Birth date
1360
Death date
1431
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
26 April 2009
Canonized by
Pope Benedict XVI
Feast month
11
Wikidata qid
Q374056
Content subtype
saint_biography
Feast day of month
6