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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. Provided by Wikipedia