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Saint Francisco Mendes Pereira

16 July

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Layman in the archdiocese of Natal, Brazil. One of the Martyrs of Brazil murdered by Calvinist fanatics.

hacked to death on 3 October 1645 in Uruaçu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

21 December 1998 by Pope John Paul II

5 March 2000 at Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II

15 October 2017 by Pope Francis
canonization recognition celebrated at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Italy presided by Pope Francis

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

MLA Citation

“Saint Francisco Mendes Pereira“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 October 2017. Web. 22 February 2019. <>