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    • Benedict the Moor

    Christian saint

    Saint


    Benedict of Palermo


    OFM

    Stained glass of Saint Benedict the Moor, inside of the Capela do Divino Espírito Santo, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

    Born1526
    San Fratello, Messina, Sicily, Crown of Aragon
    Died4 April 1589(1589-04-04) (aged 62–63)
    Palermo, Sicily, Crown of Aragon
    Venerated inCatholic Church (Sicily and the Franciscan Order)
    Lutheranism
    Beatified1734 by Pope Benedict XIV
    Canonized24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII
    Major shrineConvent of Santa Maria di Gesù al Capo, Palermo, Italy
    Feast4 April (3 April in the Franciscan Order)
    PatronageAfrican missions; African Americans; black missions; black people; Palermo; San Fratello; Acquedolci; Sicily

    Benedict the MoorOFM (Italian: Benedetto il Moro; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was a SicilianFranciscanfriar.

    Born of enslaved Africans in San Fratello, he was freed at birth and became known for his charity.

    As a young man he joined a Franci