Blessed Álvaro Borralho Mendes
Profile
Jesuit friar. Missionary. Martyred by the Huguenot Jacques Sourie while en route to Brazil.
Born
- Elvas, Portugal
- drowned 15 July 1570 by being thrown off the ship Santiago near Palma, Canary Islands
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Hagiography Circle
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Álvaro Borralho Mendes“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 July 2015. Web. 21 April 2018. <>