Saint Petrus Armengol
Patron of Persecuted Christians
Feast day: April 27
c. 1238 – 1304
Pedro Armengol, born Pedro Armengol Rocafort, was a Spanish Roman Catholic who was of noble stock and a thief during his adolescence. He became a professed member of the Mercedarians after he experienced a sudden conversion and devoted himself to liberating captive Christians from the Moors. Armengol is best known for being hanged while a captive of the Moors but survived.
Text from Wikipedia (Pedro Armengol), CC BY-SA 4.0
