Blessed Bartholomew Alvarez

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12 January
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Joined the Jesuits at Coimbra, Portugal. Missionary to the kingdom of Tonkin. Arrested in March 1736. Tortured and martyred with Blessed John Gaspard Cratz, Blessed Emmanuel d'Abreu, and Blessed Vincent da Cunha.
Born
near Braganza, Portugual
Died
beheaded in 1737 in Tonkin (modern Vietnam)
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