Blessed Peter of Sassoferrato

Memorial
3 September
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Franciscan friar. In 1216, he and Blessed John of Perugia were sent by Saint Francis of Assisi to preach to the Spanish Moors in and around Teruel and Valencia. Martyr.
Died
beheaded in 1231 in Valencia
Beatified
11 September 1704 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed); 1783 (cultus confirmed)
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