João de Luna, hearth-keeper, died in Fez, 1443–48 Mestre Martim, the physician, died in Fez, 1443–48. Fernão Gil, the wardrobe-keeper, died in Fez, 1443–48. João Lourenço, the quartermaster, died in Fez, 1443–48. Álvaro Eanes of Alverca, the other Portuguese prisoner in Fez, converted to Islam Cristóvão de Luviça Alemão, pantry-keeper, converted to Islam Frei João Álvares, the secretary, ransomed by Peter of Coimbra in 1448 João Vasques the cook, ransomed by Peter of Coimbra or João de Lisboa in 1448. João Rodrigues, the collaço, chamberlain, ransomed by Frei João Álvares in 1450 Pero Vasques, the chaplain, ransomed by Frei João Álvares in 1450 Of the hostages that remained in Asilah, these were their fates: João Gomes de Avelar, noble knight of Fernando's house, died of plague in early 1441. Aires da Cunha, household knight, died of plague, late 1441. Pedro de Ataíde, household knight, died of plague, late 1441 Gomes da Cunha/Silva, Aviz knight, commendador of Noudar, survived up to 1442, fate uncertain thereafter. Pedro Rodrigues, son and stand-in for his father Rodrigo Esteves, survived up to 1442, fate uncertain thereafter. Saintly cult News of Ferdinand's death was met with great mourning in Portugal. The regent Peter of Coimbra, who had perhaps done the most to get Ferdinand released, ransomed some of the imprisoned members of his party, notably Ferdinand's secretary, Frei João Álvares, in 1448. Shortly after arriving in Lisbon, Álvares returned to Morocco in 1450 to ransom the remaining prisoners. Álvares also had hoped to ransom Ferdinand's remains, but he only managed to recover the hidden pot with Ferdinand's entrails. He returned to Lisbon and made his way to the court of King Afonso V of Portugal in Santarém in early June 1451. Frei João Álvares and João Rodrigues were instructed to take the relics and deposit them in the prepared tomb reserved for Ferdinand in the Aviz necropolis, the Founder's Chapel in Batalha Monastery. Álvares reports that on the way to Batalha, they passed through Tomar, where Prince Henry the Navigator joined the procession and subsequently led the religious ceremony depositing the relics at Batalha. The tomb was originally carved with Ferdinand's personal arms and knightly motto le bien me plet ("Good pleases me"), which combined the motto of his father, por bem, with that of his mother, il me plait. A popular saintly cult soon developed around the figure of Ferdinand, encouraged by the ruling House