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Blessed Amaro Vaz

Martyred Jesuit Missionaries of BrazilMemorial

  • 15 July
  • 19 January (Jesuits)

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Jesuit novice. Missionary. Martyred by the Huguenot Jacques Sourie while en route to Brazil.

Born

  • c.1554 in Bemfazer, Porto, Portugal

Died

  • drowned 15 July 1570 by being thrown off the ship Santiago near Palma, Canary Islands

Beatified

  • 11 May 1854 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)
Additional Information

  • books

    • Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
    • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
  • other sites in english

    • Hagiography Circle
    • Tom Rochford, SJ

MLA Citation

  • “Blessed Amaro Vaz“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 July 2018. Web. 26 January 2021. <>
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