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Also known as

• John Meade

Profile

Jesuit missionary. Spiritual student of Saint José de Anchieta. John changed his name on being adopted by a Portuguese family whom he accompanied to Brazil, where he became a Jesuit and spent his life in missionary labors among Indian cannibal tribes. He was famous for his austerities.

Born

• 1571 in London, England

Died

• 24 September 1653 in Rio Janeiro, Brazil of natural causes

MLA Citation

• “John Almeida”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 15 November 2019. Web. 5 March 2021. <>