Pierre Nolasque

Saint Pierre Nolasque (1189 - 1256) is a priest born with Récaud, in the Diocèse of Carcassonne.

Following a vision which it had of the Vierge, in the night of the 1 {{er}} with the August 2nd 1218, it founded with saint Raymond de Penyafort the Ordre of Notre-Dame of Mercy, for the repurchase of the Christian prisoners, with the support of Jacques Ier d' Aragon.

The pope Gregoire IX approved the creation of the order in 1235 and the rule of Saint Augustin gave them.

In addition to the three usual wishes of poverty of chastity and obedience, the members of this kind engaged, by a fourth wish, to remain as hostages if that were necessary for the delivery of their Christian brothers, when they did not have money necessary to repurchase them. This wish corresponded particularly at the time, where the barbaresque pirates captured Christians and resold them like slaves in Africa.

Its successor as main of the Order was Saint Raymond Nonnat.

Nolasque Saint Pierre was canonized in 1628.

It is celebrated the January 31st, festival local.

Sources

Life of the Saints for the every day of the year - Abbot L. Jaud - Turns - Mame - 1950.

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