speciesbarocus:Vincenzo Carducci - Raymond Nonnatus (c. 1600).Nonnatus was a member of the Order of
speciesbarocus:Vincenzo Carducci - Raymond Nonnatus (c. 1600).Nonnatus was a member of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy [full title: The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives].Nonnatus went to Valencia, where he ransomed 140 Christians from islamic slavery. He then traveled to North Africa, where he was able to ransom another 250 captives in Algiers, and then went to Tunis, where he is said to have surrendered himself as a hostage for 28 captive Christians when his money ran out. The Moors bored a hole through his lips with a hot iron, and padlocked his mouth. -- source link
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