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Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Ferdinand Of Portalegre And Blessed Eleuterio Of Platea By Bertoni Date Unknown
Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Ferdinand Of Portalegre And Blessed Eleuterio Of Platea By Bertoni Date Unknown

Blessed Ferdinand Of Portalegre

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

12 April (Mercedarians); 6 November (as one of the early Mercedarian martyrs)

Born

Portalegre, Portugal

Died

Hanged from the mast of the ship and shot with arrows in 1257; body thrown in to the sea

Biography

Blessed Ferdinand of Portalegre, a Portuguese lay knight of profound faith, dedicated his life to the service of the Church in the Iberian Peninsula. Born in Portugal, he resided primarily in the Castilian regions of Spain, residing in Toledo, Valladolid, and Zaragoza. He joined the Mer

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