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Blessed Diego Carvalho

Also known as

Didacus
James

22 February

Profile

Jesuit priest. Missionary to Japan. Martyred with 60 companions by being exposed to the cold for days.

Born

c.1578 in Coimbra, Portugal

martyred by exposure on 22 February 1624 at Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

26 February 1866 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Diego Carvalho“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 February 2017. Web. 11 December 2018. <>