ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 19th of May BLESSED PEDRO DUENNA, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR Pedro Duenna (Duegnas) (Petrus) was born about 1378 in Palenzia/Spain. He probably came from noble parents, because he was brought up at court in Toledo (hence he is also called Toletanus here and there), where he maintained his purity throughout. Already as a tender youth, he decided to take the Franciscan habit at the solitary monastery on Mount Marino (apud montem Marinum). This institute, situated five miles from Cordoba, was known for its strictness in observing the Rule of Saint Francis. In 1396 a holy man ( Johannes a Cetina ) of the same Order came to this lonely monastery to prepare for a mission among the Mohammedans in Granada, who at that time still held this famous city, and for probable martyrdom. Pedro accompanied him, and on January 8, 1397, on a Sunday afternoon, they entered the city of the unbelievers and immediately began to preach about ...