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Also known as

• Alfonsus Navarrete
• Alphonso Navarrete

Memorial

• 10 September
• 6 November (Dominicans as one of their Martyrs of the Far East)

Profile

Dominican priest. Missionary to the Philippines in 1578. In 1610 he returned to Europe to recruit missionaries, and in 1611 returned to the Orient as missionary and Dominican provincial vicar in Japan. His evangelism work brought many hundreds to Christianity. Martyr.

Born

• 21 September 1571 in Logroño, Spain

Died

• beheaded on 1 June 1617 in Koguchi, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

• 26 February 1866 by Blessed Pope Pius IX

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Blessed Pope Pius IX

Canonized

• pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Alfonso, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan
     2-10-10 Shiomi Koto-ku
     Tokyo 135-8585 JAPAN

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge - norwegian
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Alfonso Navarrete-Benito”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-alfonso-navarrete-benito/>