Blessed Ambrose Fernandez
- Also known as
- Ambrogio Fernandez
- Memorial
- 7 January;
formerly 14 March
- Profile
- Worked as a trader in Japan.
Entered the Jesuits as a lay brother in 1577, and assisted their evangelization of Japan.
Imprisoned for his faith.
Martyr.
- Born
- 1551 at Sisto, Portugal
- Died
- in 1620 from a stroke caused by abusive conditions in Suzota prison, Omura, Japan
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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