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Blessed João Fernandes

15 July

Profile

Jesuit temporal-coadjutor missionary. Martyred by the Huguenot Jacques Sourie while en route to Brazil.

Born

c.1547 at Braga, 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

“Blessed João Fernandes“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 June 2018. Web. 28 January 2021. <>