Bl. Ambrose Fernandez Biography
Bl. Ambrose Fernandez Profile. Born: 1551 AD in Portugal, Europe. Worked in Japan. Died: 1620 AD in Omura, Japan. Feast Day is celebrated on January 7.
Bl. Ambrose Fernandez Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | 1551 AD |
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| Country of Birth | Portugal of Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Brothers |
| Profession | Soldier |
| Place of Work | Japan |
| Date of Death | 1620 AD |
| Place of Death | Omura, Japan |
| Feast Day | January 7 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Pius IX on 7 May 1867 |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
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Blessed’s Biography
Blessed Ambrose Fernandez was born in 1551 at Sisto, Portugal. He was a soldier in the Portuguese army and worked as a trader and security guard for other traders in Japan, beginning in 1571. It there in Japan that he entered the Jesuits in 1579 as a lay brother. He died at seventy-nine, arrested and imprisoned in the jails of Suzota in 1620.
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