Blessed John Baptist Machado de Tavora

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• 22 May

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Jesuit at Coimbra, Portugal. Missionary to Japan in 1609. Martyred with two companions.

Born

• 1580 at Terceira, Portuguese Azores

Died

• beheaded on 22 May 1617 at Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

• 26 February 1866 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Leo, 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
• Life of the Blessed Charles Spinola, by Joseph Broeckaert, SJ
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed John Baptist Machado de Tavora”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 October 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-baptist-machado-de-tavora/>