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• 15 July

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

Born

• Castilla Vieja, Palencia, Spain

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)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Fernando Sánchez“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 April 2018. Web. 27 November 2021. <>