Oct 19

Saint Peter of Alcantara

October 19th XVI century

Name
Pedro (Masculino)
Meaning
Piedra, from Latín
Celebrate
People named Pedro use to celebrate 29-Jun:
Saint Peter Apostle
Other saints
Other saints named Pedro
Born
en Alcántara, Cáceres, in current Spain
Dead
October 18th 1562 in Arenas de San Pedro, Ávila, in current Spain
Process
Celebration
October 19th
Religious
de la Orden de Frailes Menores
In the village of Arenas, in the Spanish region of Castile, saint Peter of Alcántara, priest of the order of the Friars Minor, who adorned with the gift of advice and penitent and austere life, reformed the regular discipline in the convents of the order in Spain, being adviser of Saint Teresa of Jesus in her reform of the order of the Carmelites. Roman martyrology