MAYORAL • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Mayoral

... of God, was born in Portugal, in 1495. His parents were of the lowest rank in the country, but devout and charitable. John spent a considerable part of his youth in service, under the mayoral or chief shepherd of the count of Oropeusa in Castile, and in great innocence and virtue. In 1522, he listed himself in a company of foot raised by the count, and served in the wars between the French and Spaniards; as he did afterwards in ...

— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler