Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira O. Carm. (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu ˈaɫvɐɾɨʃ pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; June 24 1360 – April 1 1431) also spelled Nun’Álvares Pereira 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 was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1918 and was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
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