Feast day: January 29
Saint Pedro Nolasco
A saint commemorated in the Roman Catholic martyrology on January 29.
- Feast day: January 29
- Life and era: Birth recorded in source: El 1189 en Barcelona en la actual España
- Role in the Church: Saint commemorated in the Roman Catholic martyrology
- Common titles: Roman Martyrology entry
- Often asked for: commemoration
Why the Church honors Saint Pedro Nolasco
Saint Pedro Nolasco is included in the Roman Catholic martyrology for January 29.
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Biography and witness
Saint Pedro Nolasco appears in the Roman Catholic martyrology on January 29.
Original martyrology note
En Barcelona, en España, san Pedro Nolasco, presbítero, quien con san Ramón de Penyafort y el rey Jaime I de Aragón fundó, según se cree, la orden de la Bienaventurada María de la Merced, para la redención de los cautivos. Se entregó ardientemente con trabajo y esfuerzo a procurar la paz y a liberar del yugo de la esclavitud a los cristianos, en tiempo de los infieles.
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Short prayer
Saint Pedro Nolasco, pray for me.