Saint Gundisalvus Garcia

Also known as

• Gonsalo Garcia
• Gonsalvo Garzia
• Gonzalo Garcia
• Gonçalo Garcia

Memorial

• 6 February

Profile

His father was a Portugese soldier and immigrant to India, his mother an Indian convert. Gundisalvus grew up a Christian, and served as a lay catechist, working for the Jesuits. Successful businessman in Japan and Macao. Became an Alcantarine Franciscan lay brother in Manila in the Philippines in 1591. Returned to Japan with Saint Peter Baptist to act as interpreter. He stuttered when speaking Portuguese, but when arrested for his faith, he was flawless in Japanese when facing his judges. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• 1556 at Bassein, Maharashtra, India

Died

• crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

• 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII

Canonized

• 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX

Patronage

• Bombay, India, archdiocese of
• Bombay, India, city of

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gundisalvus Garcia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 July 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gundisalvus-garcia/>