Blessed Bartolomeu dei Martiri Fernandes
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- Also known as
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Bartholomeo Fernandez dos Martires
Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Mártires
Bartolomeu dos Mártires Fernandes
Bartholomew of Braga
Bartholomĉus de Martyribus
- Memorial
- 16 July
- Profile
- Joined the Dominicans on 11 November 1528.
Took part in the Council of Trent, and introduced the Council's decisions to Portugal.
Archbishop of Braga, Portugal from 27 January 1559 through 23 February 1582.
Built hospitals and hospices in his diocese, and founded the first clericla seminary in Portugal.
He wrote Biblical commentaries, a Portuguese catechism, and a Compendium doctrinĉ spiritualis.
Late in life Pope Gregory XIII allowed him to resign his office, and he spent his last eight years as a teacher and prayerful monk in the monastery of Viana, Portugal.
- Born
- 3 May 1514 in Lisboa, Portugal
- Died
- 16 July 1590 in the monastery of Viana do Castelo, Minho, Portugal of natural causes
- Venerated
- 23 May 1845
- Beatified
- 4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Bartolomeu, contact:
Dominicanos - Casa Provincial
Travessa do Corpo Santo, 32
1200-131 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
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