John de Brito«João de Brito »
(1647–1693)
Martyr, Missionary
Place of birth:Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves†
Place of death:Kingdom of Ramnad††
Feastday
4 February
Beatification
21/08/1853 by Pius IX
Canonisation
22/06/1947 by Pius XII
Patronage
Patron of:Portugal†††
†Reyno de Portugal et d'los Algarves / Reino de Portugal e dos Algarves / Regnum Portugalliae et Algarbiae [1415–1580 / 1640–1777]
††இராமநாதபுரம் சமஸ்தானம் [1601–1803]
†††Lusitania / Hispania Gallaecia
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
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Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia