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Pedro de Villacreces
Franciscan friar
SaintFull write-upCrown of CastileConventual FranciscansPre-congregation
Born
1350
Died
1422
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Peñafiel, in the territory of Palencia, Blessed Peter of Villacreces, Confessor, who, flourishing in learning, austerity of life and the highest religion, was the first of all to lay the foundations of the Regular Observance in Spain, and, having kept perpetual virginity, fell asleep most holily in the Lord.
The miracles
The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Franciscan Martyrology (1723) remembers him on 18 December.
Connected on this site
- Peter de Regalado Saint“From 1404 he followed Pedro de Villacreces, who was restoring the original observance of the Franciscan Rule, to the hermitage of La Aguilera, and in 1422 succeeded him in leading it.” — this site's research
Sources
- Martyrologium Franciscanum (Latin, 1723 edition), 18 December
- Wikidata Q9057782 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.