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Also known as

• Gregory Escrivano

Memorial

• 15 July

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Jesuit and co-adjutor with Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo. Martyred by the Huguenot Jacques Sourie while en route to Brazil.

Born

• at Logroño, La Rioja, Old Castile (modern 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 Gregorio Escribano“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 June 2018. Web. 26 January 2021. <>