D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. (Portuguese pronunciation: 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. He later became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV, in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
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24 June 1360 Cernache do Bonjardim, Portugal
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1 April 1431 (aged 70) Carmo Convent, Lisbon, Portugal
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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