Nuno Álvares Pereira

D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. 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 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV, in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.Nuno Álvares Pereira is often referred to as the Saint Constable or as Saint Nuno of Saint Mary, his religious name. He was count of Barcelos, Ourém and Arraiolos.