order of our lady of ransom (a religious institute originally designed to ransom christian captives from the moors)
1Peter Nolasco, Saint — ▪ French saint born c. 1182, probably Barcelona [Spain] died Dec. 25?, 1249/56, Barcelona; canonized 1628; feast day January 28 founder of the order of Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians, or Nolascans), a religious institute originally… …
