Aug 252012
![[Blessed Bartolomeu dei Martiri Fernandes]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintb85.jpg "Blessed Bartolomeu dei Martiri Fernandes")
Also known as
- Bartholomeo Fernandez dos Martires
- Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires
- Bartolomeu dos Mártires Fernandes
- Bartholomew of Braga
- Bartholomæus de Martyribus
Profile
Joined the Dominicans on 11 November 1528. Took part in the Council of Trent, and introduced the Council‘s decisions to Portugal. Archbishop of Braga, Portugal from 27 January 1559 through 23 February 1582. Built hospitals and hospices in his diocese, and founded the first clerical seminary in Portugal. He wrote Biblical commentaries, a Portuguese catechism, and a Compendium doctrinæ spiritualis. Late in life Pope Gregory XIII allowed him to resign his office, and Bartolomeu spent his last eight years as a teacher and prayerful monk in the monastery of Viana, Portugal.
Born
- 23 May 1845 by Pope Gregory XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
- if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Bartolomeu, contact
Dominicanos – Casa Provincial
Travessa do Corpo Santo, 32
1200-131 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation