WERE sent by St. Francis to preach to the Mahometans of the West, while
he went in person to those of the East. They preached first to the Moors
of Seville, where they suffered much for their zeal, and were banished.
Passing thence into Morocco, they began there to preach Christ, and
being banished, returned again. The infidel judge caused them twice to
be scourged till their ribs appeared bare; he then ordered burning oil
and vinegar to be poured into their wounds, and their bodies to be
rolled over sharp stones and potsherds. At length the king caused them
to be brought before him, and taking his cimeter, clove their heads
asunder in the middle of their foreheads, on the 16th of January, 1220.
Their relics were ransomed, and are preserved in the monastery of the
holy cross in Coimbra. Their names stand in the Roman Martyrology, and
they were canonized by Sixtus IV. in 1481. See their acts in Bollandus
and Wading; also Chalippe, Vie de S. Francois, l. 3, t. 1, p. 275.