D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. (24 June 1360 – 1 November 1431), also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, 7th Count of Barcelos, 3rd Count of Ourém and 2nd Count of Arraiolos, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile.
Nuno Álvares Pereira is often referred to as the Saint Constable (Portuguese: Santo Condestável) or as Saint Nuno of Saint Mary (Portuguese: São Nuno de Santa Maria), his religious name.
He was beatified by Pope Benedict XV on January 23, 1918. Secondary patron of the Patriarchate of Lisbon, his Memory (Festivity in the Carmelite Order, in the Order of the Barefoot Carmelites and in the Good News Missionary Society) is liturgically marked on the 6th of November. On July 3, 2008, Benedict XVI authorized the enactment of two decrees that recognize a miracle of the Blessed, opening the door to his canonization. On 26 April 2009 he was canonized by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
Prayer to Blessed Nuno
Lord our God, who gave the blessed Nuno of Saint Mary the grace to fight the good fight and made him an excellent winner over himself, grant to your servants that, dominating like him the seductions of the world, live with him forever in the heavenly homeland. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who is God with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Nuno Álvares Pereira is often referred to as the Saint Constable (Portuguese: Santo Condestável) or as Saint Nuno of Saint Mary (Portuguese: São Nuno de Santa Maria), his religious name.
He was beatified by Pope Benedict XV on January 23, 1918. Secondary patron of the Patriarchate of Lisbon, his Memory (Festivity in the Carmelite Order, in the Order of the Barefoot Carmelites and in the Good News Missionary Society) is liturgically marked on the 6th of November. On July 3, 2008, Benedict XVI authorized the enactment of two decrees that recognize a miracle of the Blessed, opening the door to his canonization. On 26 April 2009 he was canonized by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
Prayer to Blessed Nuno
Lord our God, who gave the blessed Nuno of Saint Mary the grace to fight the good fight and made him an excellent winner over himself, grant to your servants that, dominating like him the seductions of the world, live with him forever in the heavenly homeland. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who is God with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Statue of D. Nuno Álvares Pereira in Flor da Rosa
Tomb of D. Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, father of Saint Nuno of Saint Mary, at the Monastery of Flor da Rosa
Monastery of Saint Nuno of Saint Mary, Crato
Source: Nuno Álvares Pereira - Wikipedia