Blessed John of Perugia

Memorial

• 3 September

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Franciscan friar. In 1216, he and Blessed Peter of Sassoferrato were sent by Saint Francis of Assisi to preach to the Spanish Moors in and around Teruel and Valencia, Spain. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded in 1231 in Valencia, Spain

Beatified

• 11 September 1704 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed)
• 1783 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)