Pedro Armengol
Pedro Armengol | |
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| Born | c. 1238 Guardia del Prats, Tarragona, Crown of Aragon |
| Died | 27 April 1304 (aged 66) Tarragona, Crown of Aragon |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 28 March 1686, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Innocent XI |
| Canonized | 8 April 1687, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Innocent XI |
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Pedro Armengol (c. 1238 – 27 April 1304), 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.
He was canonized as a saint on 8 April 1687 after Pope Innocent XI approved his long-standing "cultus" – or devotion.