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Ignatius de Azevedo, Blessed

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Latin: igneus, fiery)

Martyr, Jesuit missionary, born Oporto, Portugal, 1528; died 1570. With 39 companions he was martyred off Palma, Canary Islands, by Huguenot pirates. The forty martyrs were beatified May 11, 1854. Ignatius is represented standing on a ship's deck, and holding up an image of the Blessed Virgin. Feast, July 15,.

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Entry for 'Ignatius de Azevedo, Blessed'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​i/ignatius-de-azevedo-blessed.html. 1910.
 
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