Forty martyrs from Brazil
The Forty Martyrs of Brazil (in Spanish also Martyrs of Tazacorte ) are a group of 40 Jesuits (32 Portuguese, 8 Spanish) who were martyred in 1570 under the leadership of Inácio de Azevedo as missionaries on the way to Brazil .
During the crossing, her ship was attacked and boarded on July 15, 1570 off La Palma by Huguenot privateers under the leadership of Jacques de Sores . He had de Azevedo and all the other Jesuits on board killed except for one.
Pope Pius IX beatified the 40 Jesuits on May 11, 1854 . Remembrance day is usually July 15th. The Society of Jesus celebrates it on January 19th along with other Jesuit martyrs.
In memory of the beatified, 40 concrete crosses were placed on the seabed by the island government of La Palma at the place of martyrdom. The spot is about 20 meters deep. It is now a popular diving spot and is located near the Fuencaliente lighthouses . A stone cross with a plaque bearing the names of the martyrs was placed next to the old lighthouse in October 2014.
List of martyrs
- Inácio de Azevedo , priest and provincial of Brazil (born in Porto, Portugal)
- Diogo de Andrade, priest (born in Pedrógão Grande, Portugal)
- Bento de Castro, friar, student (born in Chacim, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal)
- António Soares, friar, student (born in Trancoso da Beira, Portugal)
- Manuel Álvares, friar, coadjutor (born in Estremoz, Portugal),
- Francisco Álvares, friar, coadjutor (born in Covilhã, Portugal)
- Domingos Fernandes, friar, student (born in Borba, Portugal)
- João Fernandes, friar, student (born in Braga, Portugal)
- João Fernandes, friar, student (born in Lisboa, Portugal)
- António Correia, friar, student (born in Porto, Portugal)
- Francisco de Magalhães, friar, student (born in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal)
- Marcos Caldeira, friar, (born in Feira, Portugal)
- Amaro Vaz, friar , coadjutor (born in Benviver, Marco de Canavezes, Portugal)
- Juan de Mayorga, friar, coadjutor (born in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Navarra, today: France)
- Alfonso de Baena, friar, coadjutor (born in Villatobas, Toledo, Spain)
- Esteban de Zudaire, friar, coadjutor (born in Zudaire-Améscoa, Navarra, Spain)
- Juan de San Martín, friar, student (born in Yuncos, Toledo, Spain)
- Juan de Zafra, friar, coadjutor (born in Jerez Badajoz, Spain)
- Francisco Pérez Godói, friar, student (born in Torrijos, Toledo, Spain)
- Gregório Escribano, friar, coadjutor (born in Viguera, Logroño, Spain)
- Fernán Sánchez, friar, student (born in Castilla-La Vieja, Spain)
- Gonçalo Henriques, friar, student (born in Porto, Portugal)
- Álvaro Mendes Borralho, friar, student (born in Elvas, Portugal)
- Pero Nunes, friar, student (born in Fronteira, Portugal)
- Manuel Rodrigues, friar, student (born in Alcochete, Portugal)
- Nicolau Diniz, friar, student (born in Bragança, Portugal)
- Luís Correia, friar, student (born in Évora, Portugal)
- Diogo Pires Mimoso, friar, student (born in Nisa, Portugal)
- Aleixo Delgado, friar, student (born in Elvas, Portugal)
- Brás Ribeiro, friar, coadjutor (born in Braga, Portugal)
- Luís Rodrigues, friar, student (born in Évora, Portugal)
- André Gonçalves, friar, student (born in Viana do Alentejo, Portugal)
- Gaspar Álvares, friar, student (born in Porto, Portugal)
- Manuel Fernandes, friar, student (born in Celorico de Beira, Portugal)
- Manuel Pacheco, friar, student (born in Ceuta, Spain)
- Pedro Fontoura, friar, coadjutor (born in Chaves, Portugal)
- António Fernándes, friar, coadjutor (born in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal)
- Simão da Costa, friar, coadjutor (born in Porto, Portugal)
- Simão Lopes, friar, student (born in Ourém, Portugal)
- João Audaucto (born in Entre Douro e Minho, Portugal)
Individual evidence
- ^ Beato Ignacio de Acevedo y los mártires de Tazacorte
- ↑ Ignatius de Azevedo, B. . In: Johann E. Stadler , Franz Joseph Heim, Johann N. Ginal (eds.): Complete Lexicon of Saints ... , Volume 3 ([I] K – L), B. Schmid'sche Verlagbuchhandlung (A. Manz ), Augsburg 1869, pp. 24–29 ..
