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The Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (or the Order of Merced, O.Merc., Mercedarians, the Order of Captives, or the Order of Our Lady of Ransom) was one of many dozens of associations that sprang up in Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries as institutions of charitable works.
Informações Gerais. Entre os séculos VIII e XV a Europa medieval estava em um estado de guerra constante, em decorrência do expansionismo do mundo muçulmano. Os cristãos pegaram em armas para se defender do avanço dos discípulos de Maomé.
- São Pedro Nolasco
- Ordem religiosa
- Barcelona, Espanha, 1218 .
História. Referências. Convento dos Mercedários. O Convento dos Mercedários é um edifício histórico da cidade brasileira de Belém do Pará, integrado ao Conjunto Arquitetônico dos Mercedários e sua Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês.
Mercedarian, religious order founded by St. Peter Nolasco in Spain in 1218, for the purpose of ransoming Christian captives from the Moors. It was originally a military order. St. Raymond of Penafort, Nolasco’s confessor and the author of the order’s rule, based the rule on that of St. Augustine.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Order, also known as the Mercedarians, or Order of Mercy, was founded in 1218 in Spain by St. Peter Nolasco to redeem Christian captives from their Muslim captors. The Order exists today in 17 countries, including Spain, Italy, Brazil, India, and the United States.
Peter Nolasco, O. de M. (Pere Nolasc in Catalan, Pierre Nolasque in French and Pedro Nolasco in Spanish; 1189 – 6 May 1256) was a Catholic priest known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives (the Mercedarians) with approval by Pope Gregory IX on January 17th, 1235.
Mercedarians (Order of Our Lady of Mercy for the Ransom of Captives), a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Barcelona by Saint Peter Nolasco in 1218. As indicated in the official title of the order, one of its principal missions was the ransom of captives, specifically Christians taken by Muslims.
