Blessed Miguel Carvalho

Also known as

• Michael Carvalho

Memorial

• 25 August
• 1 March on some calendars

Profile

Entered the Jesuits in 1597. Missionary to Goa, India. Priest. Taught theology for 15 years. Missionary to Japan. Arrested in July 1863 for spreading Christianity, he spent several months in prison before being killed. Martyr.

Born

• 1579 in Braga, Portugal

Died

• roasted alive on 25 August 1624 in Omura, 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 Miguel, 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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Saints of the Society of Jesus

Reading

I should feel the greatest sorrow if Our Lord, on account of my sins, should withdraw me from the path of mercy and grace now open before me. I am always a prey to the fear lest the Lord should desire to punish me and deprive me of the supreme blessing, of which His divine goodness no longer considers me deserving. Nothing in this life appears to me more desirable, more delightful, and more consoling than to give my life for so merciful a Saviour. - Blessed Miguel, commenting on his sentence to martyrdom

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Miguel Carvalho”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-miguel-carvalho/>