Blessed Ambrose Fernandez

Also known as

• Ambrogio Fernandez

Memorial

• 7 January
• formerly 14 March

Profile

Worked as a trader in Japan. Entered the Jesuits as a lay brother in 1577, and assisted their evangelization of Japan. Imprisoned for his faith. Martyr.

Born

• 1551 at Sisto, Portugal

Died

• in 1620 from a stroke caused by abusive conditions in Suzota prison, Omura, Japan

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Ambrose Fernandez”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-ambrose-fernandez/>