Background
Martinho de Soure or Martin Arias was the son of Manuel Aires and Argia and was offered by his father to the care of his cousin Bishop Maurice of Coimbra and after entered at your service and clerical life.
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Career
Thus lived and trained in the house of the bishop (in Fradelos, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro District). More late Martinho has professed as regular canon of the Cathedral of Coimbra and was ordained priest. Led an exemplary life and was admired for his virtue and charity for the needy.
There, predicted the conquest of the city by Afonso I of Portugal and was sent to Évora, Seville and Córdoba, where he was tortured and died in prison by Abu Zakaria"s order in 1146.
The monk Salvado de Santa Cruz wrote about the life of the Saint Martinho de Soure around 1150.
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January 31, 1146 (aged 0) -
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Portuguese