Saint Berardes of Morocco

Memorial

• 16 January

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Franciscan Friar Minor. Saint Francis of Assisi to evangelize the Moors of the West. He and his fellow missionaries preached in Italy, Aragon, Coimbra, Seville, and finally in Morocco, where they were banished and, upon their return, martyred.

Died

• martyred on 16 January 1220 in Morocco by being scourged till his ribs appeared bare, having burning oil and vinegar poured into the wounds, body rolled on sharp stones and potsherds, then his heads split by a sword
• relics were ransomed, and are now in the monastery of the Holy Cross in Coimbra, Portugal

Canonized

• 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Berardes of Morocco”. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 January 2011. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-berardes-of-morocco/>