Word: blanez
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next three centuries, Nolasque's followers freed 300,000 more prisoners, mostly from Islamic dungeons and mostly by voluntary substitution. One Mercedarian, Raymond de Blanez, was beheaded by the Moors at Granada in substitution for a condemned prisoner. Later the Mercedarians declined; by 19th Century's end, the order had less than 30 adherents. In 1918 it was reorganized to establish foreign missions. Today it has a membership of some...
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