Serapion and of
At Algiers, in Africa, blessed Serapion, of the Order of Our Blessed Lady of Ransom. For the redemption of the faithful in captivity and the preaching of the Christian faith, he was the first of...
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At Algiers, in Africa, blessed Serapion, of the Order of Our Blessed Lady of Ransom. For the redemption of the faithful in captivity and the preaching of the Christian faith, he was the first of his Order to deserve the palm of martyrdom by being crucified and cut to pieces. d. 1240. Allegedly an English soldier, he served in the army of Castile in Spain before joining the Mercedarian order in order to help ransom…
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Serapion and of
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At Algiers, in Africa, blessed Serapion, of the Order of Our Blessed Lady of Ransom. For the redemption of the faithful in captivity and the preaching of the Christian faith, he was the first of his Order to deserve the palm of martyrdom by being crucified and cut to pieces.
d. 1240. Allegedly an English soldier, he served in the army of Castile in Spain before joining the Mercedarian order in order to help ransom Christians taken captive by the Muslims. He surrendered himself as a hostage to this end at Algiers, but was crucified for preaching to Muslims while awaiting his ransom. His cultus as a saint was confirmed for Gerona and Barcelona in 1728.
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