Saint Adjutus

Memorial: 16 January
Profile: Friar Minor. Saints Berardes, Peter, Otto, (priests) Acursies and Adjutus, (lay brothers), were sent by Saint Francis of Assisi to evangelize the Moors of the West. They preached in Italy, Aragon, Coimbra, Seville, and finally in Morocco, where they were banished and, upon their return, martyred.
Died: martyred 16 January 1220 in Morroco by being scourged till their ribs appeared bare, having burning oil and vinegar poured into the wounds, their bodies rolled on sharp stones and potsherds, then their heads split by sword; their relics were ransomed, and are now in the monastery of the Holy Cross in Coimbra
Canonized: 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV
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