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Nuno Álvares Pereira: Portugal’s Holy Hammer

Nuno Álvares Pereira: Portugal’s Holy Hammer

Update: 2025-06-25
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He was the undefeated general who saved Portugal from foreign conquest, crushed armies five times his size, and changed the course of European warfare—then gave it all up to become a barefoot monk. This week Ben and Pat tell the story of Nuno Álvares Pereira: battlefield genius, national hero, and the only medieval warlord to end up canonized as a Catholic saint.

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Nuno Álvares Pereira: Portugal’s Holy Hammer

Nuno Álvares Pereira: Portugal’s Holy Hammer

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