Blessed Gaspar Alvares
Profile
Jesuit friar. Missionary. Martyred by the Huguenot Jacques Sourie while en route to Brazil.
Born
- Porto, Portugal
- drowned 15 July 1570 by being thrown off the ship Santiago near Palma, Canary Islands
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Gaspar Alvares“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 June 2018. Web. 24 June 2021. <>