Ambrósio Fernandes
Who they were
At Suzuta in Japan, Blessed Ambrósio Fernandes, martyr: having gone to the East driven by the pursuit of profit, he was later admitted as a religious into the Society of Jesus and, after suffering many privations, died in prison for Christ.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 January as a Jesuit religious and martyr who died in prison at Suzuta in Japan.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 7 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11905296 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.