Nuno Álvares Pereira: Portugal’s Holy Hammer

He was the undefeated general who saved Portugal from foreign conquest, crushed armies five times his size, and changed the course of European warfare—then gave it all up to become a barefoot monk. This week Ben and Pat tell the story of Nuno Álvares Pereira: battlefield genius, national hero, and the only medieval warlord to end up canonized as a Catholic saint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices