The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives, also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order established in 1218 by Peter Nolasco in t
Our Lady of Mercy – From the Generalate of the Mercedarian Order.
Peter Nolasco (1189-1256)
The habit of the Mercedarian order.
La Mercè basilica in Barcelona where the Mercedarian mother church, current building built between 1765 and 1775.
Feast of Our Lady of Ransom
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The Feast of Our Lady of Ransom is a Roman Catholic liturgical Marian feast. In the General Roman Calendar of 1960, it was celebrated on 24 September, commemorating the foundation of the Mercedarians.
Maria de Mercede, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio (c. 1472)