Berard of Carbio Saint

Berard of Carbio, O.F.M., was a Franciscan friar who was executed in Morocco due to his attempts to promote Christianity, a thirteenth-century saint and martyr. He and his companions, Peter, Otho, Accursius, and Adjutus, are venerated as saints and considered the Franciscan Protomartyrs.

Personal facts

Berard of Carbio
Birth place
Italy , Papal States , Umbria
Date of deathJanuary 16, 1220
Place of death
Morocco
TitleReligious priest and martyr

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Saint

canonized by
Pope Sixtus IV
canonized place
Rome
major shrine
Portugal
Monastery of Santa Cruz (Coimbra)
Coimbra
venerated in
Franciscan
Catholic Church

Berard of Carbio on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.franziskanische-werkstatt.at/wartung/Spiritualitaet_HTMLSeiten/heilige.html
  2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02485b.htm
  3. http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90365