Peter of Alcántara, Saint

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• Peter of Alcántara, Saint — ▪ Spanish mystic Spanish  San Pedro De Alcántara,  original name  Pedro Garavito  born 1499, Alcántara, Spain died Oct. 18, 1562, Arenas; canonized 1669; feast day October 19       Franciscan mystic who founded an austere form of Franciscan life… …   Universalium

• Peter of Alcantara — Infobox Saint name= Saint Peter of Alcantara birth date= 1499 death date= 18 October 1562 feast day= 18 October venerated in= Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption= The apparition of John of Capistrano to Peter of Alcantara . Luca… …   Wikipedia

• Peter of Alcántara — (1499–1562)    Saint and Order Founder.    Peter was born of a noble family in Alcántara, Spain. He was educated in Salamanca and he joined the Observantist Franciscans in 1515. From 1538 until 1541 he was Provincial of the Extremaduran province… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• St. Peter of Alcantara —     St. Peter of Alcántara     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Peter of Alcántara     Born at Alcántara, Spain, 1499; died 18 Oct., 1562. His father, Peter Garavita, was the governor of the place, and his mother was of the noble family of Sanabia.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Alcántara — is a municipality (pop. 1769) in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. It is famed for its Roman bridge of six symmetrical arches, 194 m/670 feet long and 71 m/210 feet high, built in honour of Trajan in 103… …   Wikipedia

• Patron Saint of BraziI — Peter of Alcantara …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• Patron Saint of Watchmen — Peter of Alcantara …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• St. Peter (disambiguation) — St. Peter may refer to:People*Saint Peter (d. ca. 64 AD), the apostle *Saint Peter of Rates (d. ca. 60 AD) *Peter, martyred with Marcellinus (d. ca. 304 AD) *Peter, martyred with Gorgonius and Dorotheus (4th century) *Pope Peter of Alexandria… …   Wikipedia

• Saints and levitation — There are numerous saints to whom the ability to fly or levitate in spite of their weight has been attributed. Most of these flying saints are mentioned as such in literature and sources associated with them.The ability was also attributed to… …   Wikipedia

• Doly (Karviná) — Saint Peter of Alcantara Church Doly (Polish: Kopalnie, lit. mines ) is a district of the city of Karviná in Karviná District, Moravian Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It lies on the southwestern edge of the city, in the historical region of… …   Wikipedia