Jan 16

Saint Berard

January 16th XIII century

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Name
Berard (Masculino)
Dead
in Marrakech, in current Morocco
Celebration
January 16th
Religious
de la Orden de Frailes Menores
In the city of Marrakesh, in the Maghreb (Morocco today), holy martyrs Berardo, Otto and Peter, priests, religious, Acursius and Ajutus, all of the order of the Friars Minor, who sent by saint Francis to proclaim the Gospel to the Muslims, were arrested in Seville and moved to Marrakech, where executed them by order of the Prince of the Saracens. Roman martyrology