Blessed Ambrosio Francisco Ferro

Memorial

• 16 July

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Priest. One of the Martyrs of Brazil murdered by Calvinist fanatics.

Died

• 3 October 1645 at Uruacu, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Venerated

• 21 December 1998 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 5 March 2000 at Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

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     Postulação
     Av. Deodoro, 301
     59012-600 Natal (RN), BRAZIL

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Homily at the Beatification, by Pope John Paul II
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Ambrosio Francisco Ferro”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 August 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-ambrosio-francisco-ferro/>