Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo – Saint of the Day – July 15

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Bl. Ignatius de Azevedo Biography

Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo Profile. Born: 1526 AD in Portugal, Europe. Worked in Portugal. Died: July 15 1570 in thrown off the ship Santiago near Palma, Canary Islands. Feast Day is celebrated on July 15.
 
The Memorial of Bl. Ignatius de Azevedo – St. of the Day

Bl. Ignatius de Azevedo Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date

Date of Birth 1526 AD
Country of Birth Portugal of Europe
Matrimony/Holy Orders Bl.s who were Priests
Profession Priest
Place of Work Portugal
Date of Death July 15 1570
Place of Death thrown off the ship Santiago near Palma, Canary Islands
Feast Day July 15
Beatification Pope Pius IX
Canonization N/A
Patron Saint of N/A

Biography

Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo, Joined the Jesuits at Coimbra, Portugal on December 28, 1548. A priest. Rector of the Jesuit school at Lisbon, Portugal. Jesuit common for Portugal. Rector at Broja. Pioneer of a band of forty Spanish and Portugese Jesuit evangelists martyred by the Huguenot privateer Jacques Sourie while on the way to Brazil. No other information about them has survived to this day.

Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo
Bl. Ignatius de Azevedo


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