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Blessed Amaro Vaz

15 July
19 January (Jesuits)

Profile

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

Born

c.1554 in Bemfazer, Porto, Portugal

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

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. <>