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	Battle of Aljubarrota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the news of the invasion by the Castilians, João's army met with Nuno Alvares Pereira (the Portuguese field marshal) in the town of Tomar.
		Nuno Alvares Pereira took the task of choosing the ground for the battle.
		To calm the soldiers' nervousness and to improve his army's defensive position, general Nuno Alvares Pereira ordered the construction of a system of ditches, pitches and caltrops.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Aljubarrota (1529 words)

	Nuno Alvares Pereira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nuno Alvares Pereira was a Portuguese general of great success with an decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence of Castile.
		Alvares Pereira was born in June 24 1360 in the village of Cernache, central Portugal.
		Alvares Pereira died peacefully in the Convent of Carmo in Lisbon in November 1 1431 and his reminded as one of the most successful Portuguese generals.
	www.ukpedia.com /n/nuno-alvares-pereira.html (340 words)

	Bl. Nuno Alvares Pereira
		Nuno was born in 1360, and for many years pursued a military career, becoming the champion of Portuguese independence.
		After the death of his wife, he joined the Order as a brother in 1423 at the monastery of Lisbon, which he had founded himself, and took the name of Nuno of Saint Mary.
		He was noted for his prayer, his practice of penance, and his filial devotion to the Mother of God.
	carmelnet.org /galleries/Saints/Saints_5/Nuno/nuno.htm (80 words)

	Nuno Álvares Pereira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nuno was one of the first nobles to support the claim of D.
		Therefore, Nuno Álvares Pereira was the, ancestor of the Braganza house which became the Portuguese royal house in the 17 th century.
		Nuno was beatified on 23 January 1918 by Pope Benedict XV.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Nuno-%C1lvares-Pereira.htm (832 words)

	Blessed Nuno Society
		P.O. Blessed Nuno of St. Mary (Nuno Alvares Pereira) died as a simple Carmelite brother on April 1, 1431 and was beatified on January 23, 1918.
		Blessed Nuno was selected as our Patron because of his devotion to Our Lady, his great awareness of the need for prayer, his love of poor children and his spiritually heroic victory over self and the world.
		Nuno himself was born out of wedlock, an unlikely candidate to become the founder of Royal Houses.
	www.geocities.com /sirtimothy99/OurHolyPatron.html (827 words)

	ipedia.com: Nuno Alvares Pereira Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alvares Pereira was born in June 24 1360...
		Nuno Álvares Pereira was a Portuguese general of great success with an decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence of Castile.
		Alvares Pereira was born in June 24 1360 in the village of Cernache de Bonjardim, near Sertã, central Portugal.
	www.ipedia.com /nuno_alvares_pereira.html (393 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pereira
		Pereira, city in western Colombia, capital of Risaralda Department, on the Otún River, in the western foothills of the Cordillera Central near...
		Born in Cape Verde, Pereira was one of the founders of the...
		Pereira, Nuno Álvares (1360-1431), Portuguese military leader whose outstanding fighting prowess helped secure Portuguese independence from Spanish...
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	Blessed Nuno Alvares Pereira, Nun'Alvares Pereira, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, ...
		Blessed Nuno Alvares Pereira died a Carmelite monk in a Lisbon monastery.
		Nuno Alvares Pereira was born in 1360 at Bom Jardim near Lisbon, Portugal.
		Under Blessed Nuno’s command, the tide was turned and Portugal triumphed at the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, when the Castilian forces were defeated by a smaller but better-organized Portuguese army.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j045sdNuno11-6.htm (1385 words)

	Battle of Aljubarrota -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the news of the invasion by João, the king's army met with (Click link for more info and facts about Nuno Alvares Pereira) Nuno Alvares Pereira (the Portuguese field marshal) in the town of (Click link for more info and facts about Tomar) Tomar.
		The chosen location was near Aljubarrota, in a small flattened (A local and well-defined elevation of the land) hill surrounded by (Any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma) creeks.
		To calm the soldiers' nervousness and to improve his army's defensive position, general Nuno Alvares Pereira ordered the construction of a system of ditches, pitches and (Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed) caltrops.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_aljubarrota.htm (1669 words)

	Nuno Alvares Pereira
		Nuno Alvares Pereira was a very important figure in Portuguese history, instrumental in the the consolidation of the monarchy in Portugal.
		Via his daughter Beatriz, he was an ancestor of the Portuguese House of Braganza[?].
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/nu/Nuno_Alvares_Pereira.html (55 words)

	Battle of Aljubarrota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After his accession to the throne, João proceeded to conquer the Portuguese cities that supported Princess Beatrice and her husband's claims, namely, Braga and Guimarães among others.
		On the news of the invasion by João, the king's army met with Nuno Alvares Pereira (the Portuguese field marshal) in the town of Tomar.
		There, they decided to face the Castilians in battle, before they could get close to Lisbon, capital of the kingdom.
	lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Battle_of_Aljubarrota (1543 words)

	Isabella of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Finally she was great-great-granddaughter to Nuno Alvares Pereira, Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of Barcelos.
		Her third set of great-grandparents were King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt from his first wife Blanche of Lancaster.
		Her paternal grandparents were King Henry III of Castile and Catherine Plantagenet of the House of Lancaster, a half sister of King Henry IV of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile (2260 words)

	THE FIRST MIRACLE OF FATIMA- 1385
		Nuno lived out the last years of his life dedicated to the Rosary and the Scapular, his two favorite devotions which he propagated in Portugal (having originated in England) and which Our Lady at Fatima held in her hands, to which Sister Lucia gave such importance.
		Nuno responded to the call of a besieged Portugal and again miracles were worked which ushered in the apparitions of Saint Michael the angel of Portugal and angel of Peace in 1916 and those of Our Lady of the Rosary at Fatima in 1917.
		In tile tomb there was discovered several bones of a 71 year old man, Blessed Nuno's age at death, however tests will have to be conducted to guarantee that the bones discovered in the tomb are from those of the same person carefully kept in the silver reliquary in the chapel of the third order.
	www.unitypublishing.com /Newsletter/NunoCanon.htm (1936 words)

	dictionary - Battle of Aljubarrota
		João I of Portugal and his general Nuno Alvares Pereira, and the Castilian army of Juan I of Castile (see note 1).
		On the news of the invasion by João I, the king's army met with Nuno Alvares Pereira (the Portuguese field marshal) men in the town of Tomar.
		To avoid nervousness of the soldiers and to improve its defensive position, general Nuno Alvares Pereira ordered the construction of a system of ditches, pitches and caltrops.
	www.medicalrace.com /dictionary/Battle_of_Aljubarrota (1416 words)

	Nuno Álvares Pereira (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nuno bendecido Álvares (Nun'Álvares también deletreado) Pereira era un general portugués del gran éxito con un papel decisivo en la crisis 1383-1385 que aseguró la independencia de Portugal de castile.
		Nuno engendró a solamente una hija, Beatrice, que debía hacer la esposa de Afonso, el primer duque de Bragança.
		Nuno beatified el 23 de enero de 1918 por papa Benedict XV que su monumento es el 1 de abril.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/nu/Nuno%20%C1lvares%20Pereira.htm (777 words)

	Região de Turismo da Costa Azul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Later on, Nuno Álvares Pereira received from the Mestre de Avis, a large bestowment of land from this area.
		On the reverse side of the façade, a Latin inscription refers to the remodelling in 1855 which probably refers to minor outline changes and the tiles on the façade.
		The ceiling was painted by Pereira Cão at the beginning of our century and reflects the patron saint of the church.
	www.costa-azul.rts.pt /iigrejas/seixal.html (492 words)

	1755 Lisbon earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Royal Hospital of All Saints (the biggest public hospital at the time) was consumed by fire and hundreds of patients burned to death.
		The tomb of national hero Nuno Álvares Pereira was also lost.
		Visitors to Lisbon may still walk the ruins of the Carmo convent, which were preserved to remind Lisboners of the destruction.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake (2007 words)

	1383 1385 crisis
		With the help of Nuno Alvares Pereira, a talented general, he takes the cities of Lisbon, Beja, Portalegre, Estremoz and Évora.
		The army of Castile was also dealing with a shortage of food supplies, due to the harassment of Nuno Alvares Pereira, and the plague.
		In the late 1384, early months of 1385, Nuno Alvares Pereira managed to subdue the majority of the Portuguese cities in favour of the Castilian cause.
	www.fact-library.com /1383_1385_crisis.html (1601 words)

	Pereira -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is situated in the western foothills of the Cordillera Central above the Cauca River valley.
		It was founded in 1863 on the former site of Cartago by Remigio Antonio Cañarte and was named for Francisco Pereira Gamba, who donated lands for the enterprise.
		Pereira serves as a centre for coffee and cattle and...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9059212 (549 words)

	John I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Juan I was accompanied by French allied cavalry as English troops and generals took the side of João (see Hundred years war).
		João I then named Nuno Alvares Pereira, his loyal and talented supporter, general and protector of the kingdom.
		The invasion was repelled during the Summer after the battle of Atoleiros, but especially after the decisive battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385), where the Castilian army was virtually annihilated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_I_of_Portugal (646 words)

	Discalced Carmelites - Ireland Scotland & Nigeria
		Lord God, you called Blessed Nuno Alvares Pereira to put aside his sword and follow Christ under the patronage of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
		God of all mercy, you transformed Blessed Nuno Alvares Pereira and made him a new creature in your image.
		Almighty God, may we who are strengthened by the power of this sacrament learn from the example of Blessed Nuno Alvares Pereira to seek you above all things and to live in this world as your new creation.
	ocd.ie /?article=carmelite+ocd+feast+days+bl+nuno+alvares+pereira+apr+1 (743 words)

	1383-1385 Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With the help of Nuno Álvares Pereira, a talented general, he took the cities of Lisbon, Beja, Portalegre, Estremoz and Évora.
		João I of Portugal nominated Álvares Pereira protector of the kingdom and went to subdue the resistance still surviving in the North.
		Meanwhile, the armies of João I and Álvares Pereira met in the city of Tomar.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/1/1383-1385-Crisis.htm (1651 words)

	Return to the Middle Ages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One day John called Nuno Álvares Pereira, his faithful soldier, and proposed that Periera’s daughter, Brites, marry his son, Duarte, who was only eight at the time.
		Pereira replied that it would be more reasonable for his daughter to marry the king’s oldest son, Afonso, who was 29, with the condition that he be recognized as legitimate.
		At the same time Nuno Pereira gave his daughter all the land north of the Douro River.
	www.portcult.com /07.HIST3C.AFONSO.htm (622 words)

	A History of the Royal House of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, was born on the 24
		Dom Nuno Álvares lead the advance guard of the Portuguese army with the Portuguese knights on his right and four hundred English archers on his left with a reserve of infantry.
		In 1927, Dom Miguel died leaving Dom Duarte Nuno as the male heir of King Miguel I. Five years later, King Manuel II died without issue leaving Dom Duarte Nuno as the legitimate Chief of the Royal House of Bragança.
	www.dynastic-law.com /portuguese.html (3626 words)

	The Middle Ages in Chaves Portutgal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		John, together with his trusted ally, Nuno Alvares Pereira, “the Holy Constable,” personally led his troops to besiege the town; the resistance lasted four months.
		The lordship of the town was then bestowed on Nuno Alvares, the most important noble of the land.
		Alvares then included the town in the dowry of his daughter, Beatriz, when she took Afonso, illegitimate son of John I in marriage.
	www.portcult.com /07.HIST3.MEDIEVAL.htm (1904 words)

	Manor Houses of Portugal - Chaves
		The town was given to Nuno Álvares Pereira by King João I as a reward for defeating the Castilians at the battle of Aljubarrota in 1385.
		The old part of town is to be found around the main square with the ruins of a 14th Century Keep, all that remains of the former fine castle built for Nuno Álvares Pereira.
		The walls of the fortress are a fine example of the principles used by the French military defensive architect Count de Vauban.
	www.solaresdeportugal.pt /EN/concelho.php?concelhoid=20 (296 words)

	Evora - Portugal - Alentejo - Municipality
		Count Nuno Álvares Pereira came from Arraiolos, which at the time already had its own castle, built by King Dinis, besides the Roman Temple of Satana do Campo and dolmens.
		Many and various were the religious and military architectural styles, the latter justified by the strategic importance Estremoz always enjoyed in wars against Spain: it was the military headquarters of Nuno Álvares during the wars of Independence and later became the center of the struggle in the war to restore Portugal's throne.
		With its granite walls, it brings to mind the Gothic style of Nuno Álvares Pereira, a journey to another age, dominion and power and the firmness which is rooted in profound knowledge of man and the land, the river and time.
	www.portugalvirtual.pt /_tourism/plains/evora/ukmunicipality.html (1231 words)

	Blessed Nuno of Saint Mary - The Society and Culture Beat - SearchBeat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pereira, Nun'Álvares - Brief biographical sketch of the Portuguese hero, in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
		Blessed Nonius Alvares Pereira - Brief biographical sketch, with prayer.
		Blessed Nuno Alvares Pereira, Religious - Biographical profile, prayer.
	www.searchbeat.com /Society/ReligionandSpirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Catholicism/Saints/N/BlessedNunoofSaintMary (144 words)

	THE CARMELITE WEB SITE - O.Carm.
		The tomb was of a style commonly used for the burying of medieval Crusader Knights.
		Tests will have to be conducted, however, to guarantee that the bones discovered in the tomb are the same as the ones carefully kept in a great silver reliquary casket in the chapel of the Third Order of Mount Carmel across from the ruins.
		Nuno's tomb were also discovered as were a few gold rings and a reliquary which may have been worn by one of the deceased.
	www.ocarm.org /news/eng0198.htm (2581 words)

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