canonized_place canonized_by beatified_place death_date death_place canonized_date birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in birth_date image article_title name beatified_date beatified_by
saint peter 's square , vatican city pope benedict xvi vatican city april 1 , 1431 -lrb- aged 70 -rrb- convent of the carmelites , portugal april 26 , 2009 cernache do bonjardim , portugal april 1 -lrb- november 6 in portugal -rrb- 220px roman catholic church june 24 , 1360 são nun ` alvares pereira.jpg nuno Álvares pereira
 saint nuno of saint mary january 23 , 1918 pope benedict xv
nuno Álvares pereira

dom nuno Álvares pereira , o. carm .
-lrb- ; june 24 , 1360 -- april 1 , 1431 -rrb- , also spelled nun ' Álvares pereira , 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 , was beatified by pope benedict xv in 1918 and was canonised by pope benedict xvi in 2009 .
nuno Álvares pereira is often referred to as the saint constable -lrb- -rrb- or as saint nuno of saint mary -lrb- -rrb- .
