Saint Anthony of Padua (Ferdinand)
Born in Lisbon in 1195, Ferdinand became Anthony upon joining the Franciscans to seek martyrdom. A prodigious preacher a…
Place
Lisbon
PT
23 saints associated
Bartholomew of the Martyrs
Portuguese Dominican, Archbishop of Braga and a major figure of the Council of Trent, Bartholomew of the Martyrs was a r…
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
A Christian virgin of Caesarea, Dorothy refused to sacrifice to idols before the judge Sapricius. After converting two a…
Blessed Ignatius of Azevedo and his companions
A Portuguese Jesuit and visitor to the missions in Brazil, Ignatius of Azevedo was martyred in 1570 with thirty-nine com…
Jacinta Marto
Jacinta Marto (1910-1920) was the youngest of the three shepherds of Fatima, witnesses to the Marian apparitions of 1917…
Joaquim Alves Brás
Portuguese priest (1899-1966), founder of the Obra de Santa Zita and the Secular Institute of the Cooperators of the Fam…
John de Brito
A Portuguese Jesuit missionary in South India, John de Brito adopted the lifestyle of Tamil ascetics and was beheaded in…
Blessed John de Britto
A 17th-century Portuguese Jesuit, John de Britto dedicated his life to the evangelization of India, adopting local custo…
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi
Born Giulio Cesare in Brindisi, Lawrence became an eminent Capuchin, theologian, and diplomat in the service of the papa…
Luiza Maria Andaluz
Luiza Maria Andaluz (1877-1973) was a Portuguese religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Servants of Our …
Manuel Nunes Formigão
A Portuguese priest and key witness to the apparitions of Fatima, Venerable Manuel Nunes Formigão founded the Congregati…
Maria Clara of the Child Jesus
Portuguese Blessed (1843-1899), foundress of the Congregation of the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Co…
María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas
María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas (1847-1940) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Missionar…
Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste)
A religious of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd, she inspired Pope Leo XIII to consecrate the human race to the Sac…
Saint Peter Gonzalez (Saint Elmo)
A Spanish nobleman who became a Dominican after a humiliating fall from his horse, Peter Gonzalez served as an advisor t…
Peter Kibe and 187 companions (188 Martyrs of Japan)
Peter Kibe and his 187 companions are a group of Japanese Catholic martyrs put to death for their faith in the 17th cent…
Peter Kibe Kasui and companions (188)
Peter Kibe Kasui and his 187 companions are Japanese Catholic martyrs put to death for their faith between 1603 and 1639…
Teresa Rosa Ferdinanda de Saldanha
Foundress of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena in Portugal, she dedicated her life t…