Pedro Armengol
Pedro Armengol (c. 1238 – 27 April 1304), born Pedro Armengol Rocafort, was a Spanish Roman Catholic who was of noble stock and a thief during his adolescence. He became a professed member of the Mercedarians after he experienced a sudden conversion and devoted himself to liberating captive Christians from the Moors. Armengol is best known for being hanged while a captive of the Moors but survived.
He was canonized as a saint on 8 April 1687 after Pope Innocent XI approved his long-standing "cultus" – or devotion.
Patron saint of Persecution of Christians; Persecuted Christians
In the Martyrology
- April 27 Saint Pedro Armengol, mercedary