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Peter Pascual
Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and martyr
SaintFull write-upCrown of AragonOrder of the Blessed Virgin Mary of MercyPre-congregation
Feast: 6 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1227
Died
1300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Granada in Spain, the blessed martyr Peter Pascual, bishop of Jaén, of the Order of Mercy, who, arrested by the Moors while, visiting his flock, he was urging the people to defend the faith, died in prison.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 6 December as a Mercedarian bishop of Jaén who died in a Moorish prison.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q744531 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Peter Pascual (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.