MIRACULOUS MIRACLES™

Saint — Peter Regalado

All Saints
St. Peter Regalado
May 1, 1390 AD, Valladolid, Kingdom of Castile (noble Castilian Regalado family) — March 30, 1456 AD, Aguilar de Campos, near Valladolid
Spanish Franciscan Observant; father of the Franciscan Observance in Castile
Cathedral of Valladolid, Spain — his relics; principal Spanish Catholic pilgrim destination, Spain
Feast
May 13
Canonized
Canonized June 29, 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV
Life

Peter (Spanish Pedro) Regalado was born on May 1, 1390 at Valladolid to the noble Castilian Regalado family. At the age of 13 (1403), Peter entered the Franciscan Order at the Convent of San Francisco at Valladolid — the Franciscan Conventual establishment.

Around 1415, Peter transferred to the Convent of La Aguilera near Aranda de Duero — the Franciscan Observant convent that had been established by Bl. Peter of Villacreces (1350–1422, father of the Castilian Franciscan Observant Reform). Peter Regalado became one of Villacreces's principal disciples and institutional successor.

In 1442, Peter Regalado was appointed Vicar Provincial of the Franciscan Observance in Castile — the governance office of the Castilian Franciscan Observant Reform. His fourteen-year ministry (1442–1456) consolidated the Castilian Franciscan Observance under the systematic institutional discipline.

Peter Regalado became famous during his lifetime for his mystical-ecstatic experiences — including the famous documented bilocations (appearing simultaneously at multiple monastic locations distant from one another).

He died at Aguilar de Campos on March 30, 1456.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Castilian Franciscan Observant Reform

    St. Peter Regalado's fourteen-year Vicar Provincial ministry of the Franciscan Observance in Castile (1442–1456) — consolidating the Castilian Franciscan Observant Reform under the systematic institutional discipline — institutionally established the Castilian Franciscan Observance that would produce the Spanish Franciscan reform tradition (the specifically Franciscan reform of St. Peter of Alcántara, 1499–1562, and the broader Spanish Catholic Reform of the 16th century).

  • The bilocations

    Peter Regalado's documented bilocations — appearing simultaneously at multiple monastic locations distant from one another — became one of the principal medieval Catholic bilocation-mystical narratives, in institutional parallel with the contemporary Franciscan bilocations of St. Anthony of Padua and the Franciscan bilocation traditions.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of St. Peter Regalado
    Cathedral of Valladolid, Spain — his relics; principal Spanish Catholic pilgrim destination

    His relics rest at the Cathedral of Valladolid in continuous Catholic liturgical use as the principal Catholic pilgrim destination associated with St. Peter Regalado.

Iconography
  • Peter Regalado in bilocation

    The mid-15th-century Spanish Franciscan Observant in Franciscan brown habit appearing simultaneously at two Franciscan monasteries — the Convent of La Aguilera and the Convent of El Abrojo — distant from one another — the Spanish Catholic iconography of the Regalado bilocation-miracle.

Patronages
Valladolid and the Castilian Catholic tradition (principal patron of Valladolid)Franciscan Observance in Spain (father of the Castilian Franciscan Observant Reform)Catholic bilocation-mystic tradition
All SaintsBack to Home