Nolasco, Saint Peter

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• Peter Nolasco, Saint — • Biographical article on the founder of the Mercedarians Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Peter Nolasco, Saint — ▪ French saint born c. 1182, probably Barcelona [Spain] died Dec. 25?, 1249/56, Barcelona; canonized 1628; feast day January 28       founder of the order of Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians, or Nolascans), a religious institute originally… …   Universalium

• Peter Nolasco — Saint Pedro Nolasco St. Peter Nolasco as found in the Generalate of the Mercedarian Order Confessor Born 1189 Mas des Saintes Puelles, Languedoc, France Died …   Wikipedia

• Nolasco — may refer to: Amaury Nolasco (born 1970), Puerto Rican actor Bruno Nolasco (born 1986), Brazilian water polo player Elena Highton de Nolasco, Argentine jurist John Nolasco (born 1975), Dominican boxer Pedro Nolasco (born 1962), Dominican boxer… …   Wikipedia

• Peter Nolasco — (c. 1189–c. 1256)    Saint and Order Founder.    Little certain is known of the life of St Peter Nolasco. He is thought to have been born in either Barcelona or Languedoc and to have taken part in the crusade against the Albigensians. He is… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• St. Peter Nolasco —     St. Peter Nolasco     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Peter Nolasco     Born at Mas des Saintes Puelles, near Castelnaudary, France, in 1189 (or 1182); died at Barcelona, on Christmas Day, 1256 (or 1259). He was of a noble family and from his… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pedro Nolasco — For the saint, see Peter Nolasco. Infobox boxer (amateur) boxername=Pedro Nolasco imagesize= caption = fullname = Pedro Julio Nolasco nicknames = nationality = DOM weight class = Bantamweight club = birthdate = February 20, 1962 birthplace = La… …   Wikipedia

• Mercedarian — ▪ religious order also called  Nolascan , member of  Order of Our Lady of Mercy , also called  Knights of Saint Eulalia        religious order founded by St. Peter Nolasco (Peter Nolasco, Saint) in Spain in 1218, for the purpose of ransoming… …   Universalium

• General Roman Calendar as in 1954 — The following is a list of the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as it was in 1954. It thus incorporates changes that were made by Pope Pius XI (1922 1939), such as the institution of the Feast of Christ the King, but not those made in… …   Wikipedia

• Basílica de San Pedro — Basílica Papal de San Pedro Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano Basilica Sancti Petri …   Wikipedia Español