Place

Madureira, Rio de Janeiro

Today: Rio de Janeiro

2 saints associated

Pierre Claverie and 18 companions (19)

Feast: May 8th

Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions are Catholic religious men and women assassinated in Algeria between 1994 a…

Feast: March 14th • 16th century

Vasco de Quiroga (c. 1470-1565) was the first bishop of Michoacán in Mexico. A Spanish jurist who became a priest and th…