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Benedict the Moor
Christian saint
Saint Benedict of Palermo OFM | |
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Stained glass of Saint Benedict the Moor, inside of the Capela do Divino Espírito Santo, Porto Alegre, Brazil. | |
| Born | San Fratello, Messina, Sicily, Crown of Aragon |
| Died | 4 April () (aged&#;62–63) Palermo, Sicily, Crown of Aragon |
| Venerated&#;in | Catholic Church (Sicily and the Franciscan Order) Lutheranism |
| Beatified | by Pope Benedict XIV |
| Canonized | 24 May by Pope Pius VII |
| Major shrine | Convent of Santa Maria di Gesù al Capo, Palermo, Italy |
| Feast | 4 April (3 April in the Franciscan Order) |
| Patronage | African missions; African Americans; black missions; black people; Palermo; San Fratello; Acquedolci; Sicily |
Benedict the MoorOFM (Italian: Benedetto il Moro; – 4 April ) 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 Franciscan-affiliated hermit group, of which he