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Saint Pedro de Arbués Can. Reg. |
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| Priest; Martyr | |
| Born | ca. 1441 Épila, Kingdom of Aragon |
| Died | 17 September 1485 (aged 44) Zaragoza, Kingdom of Aragon |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 20 April 1664, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Alexander VII |
| Canonized | 29 June 1867, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX |
| Major shrine | Cathedral of the Savior, Zaragoza, Spain |
| Feast | 17 September |
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Saint Pedro de Arbués (c. 1441 – 17 September 1485) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a professed canons regular. He served as an official of the Spanish Inquisition who was assassinated in the La Seo Cathedral in Zaragoza in 1485 in an alleged plot that conversos and Jews planned and carried out. The veneration towards him became quick and he became venerated as a saint through popular acclaim. His death had further assisted to a great degree in the Inquisition and for its Inquisitor General Tomás de Torquemada in their campaign against heretics and crypto-Jews.
His canonization, though deemed controversial by some, was celebrated on 29 June 1867.
Pedro de Arbués was born at Épila in the region of Zaragoza to the nobleman Antonio de Arbués and Sancia Ruiz.
He underwent his philosophical studies perhaps in Huesca but later travelled to Bologna on a scholarship to the Spanish College of Saint Clement which was part of the Bologna college. He obtained his doctorate in 1473 while he served as a professor of moral philosophical studies or ethics. Upon his return to Spain he became a member of the cathedral chapter of the canons regular at La Seo where he made his religious profession in 1474.
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