Manuel Fernandes
Blessed
- Nationality (place of birth): Portugal
Manuel Fernandes was en route to Brazil as a missionary when he was captured by Calvinist corsairs and martyred, along with 39 other Jesuits led by Father Igácio de Azevedo. Fernandes was a scholastic from Portugal; like the others, he was thrown overboard alive.
For more details of the story of this group, see the account listed under the name of Blessed Igácio de Azevedo.
Other Martyers for the Catholic Faith after Reformation
Originally Collected and edited by: Tom Rochford, SJ
