Blessed Alfonso Navarrete-Benito
Also known as
- Alfonsus Navarrete
- Alphonso Navarrete
- Alphonsus de Mena
- 1 June
- 10 September (as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan)
- 6 November (Dominicans as one of their Martyrs of the Far East)
Profile
Dominican priest. Missionary to the Philippines in 1578. In 1610 he returned to Europe to recruit missionaries, and in 1611 returned to the Orient as missionary and Dominican provincial vicar in Japan. His evangelism work brought many hundreds to Christianity. Martyr.
Born
- 21 September 1571 in Logroño, Spain
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Alfonso Navarrete-Benito“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 June 2020. Web. 4 March 2021. <>