St. Severino Gallo

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Born: France

Died: tortured then nailed to a pole and left to die from shock, trauma and blood loss in 1419 in Algiers, Algeria

Received a doctorate from the University of Paris. Mercedarian friar. While ransoming Christians enslaved by Muslims in North Africa, he was captured by a Muslim prince, and ordered to convert to Islam; he refused. Martyr.