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Saint Serapion of Algiers (1179 – November 14 1240) was a Mercedarian friar who is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church and as a proto-martyr by the Mercedarian Order. According to tradition he was born either in Ireland or Englandand served in the armies of Richard the Lion-Heart and Leopold VI during the Crusades.He then participated in the Reconquista serving in the army of Alfonso VIII.He met St.
