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Blessed Antônio Fernandes

15 July
19 January (Jesuits)

Profile

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

Born

c.1552 in Montemor-o-Novo, Évora, 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

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
Hagiography Circle

MLA Citation

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