Saint Gundisalvus Garcia

Also known as: Gonsalo Garcia
Gonsalvo Garzia
Gonzalo Garcia
Memorial: 6 February
Profile: His father was a Portugese immigrant, his mother an Indian convert. Lay catechist, working for the Jesuits. Successful businessman in Japan and Macao. Became a 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 was flawless in Japanese when facing his judges. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.
Born: 1556 at Bassein, 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
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