Inácio de Azevedo

Blessed

Inácio de Azevedo

S.J.
Blessed Inácio de Azevedo
Martyr
Born1526 (1526)
Porto, Kingdom of Portugal
DiedJuly 15, 1570(1570-07-15) (aged 43–44)
Atlantic Ocean, near the Canary islands
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified11 May 1854, Rome by Pope Pius IX
Feast17 July

Inácio de Azevedo, SJ (1526–1570) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary. He is one of the Forty Martyrs of Brazil, beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1854.

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