Emmanuel d'Abreu
Roman Catholic priest
Who they were
Emmanuel d'Abreu was a Roman Catholic priest who joined the Jesuit order in 1724. He was deputed to Goa in 1733 and then in Macau in 1734. In March 1736, he was arrested in the kingdom of Tonkin (today's Vietnam). He was tortured and martyred by beheading for his work in the following year with three of his companions, John Gaspard Cratz, Bartholomew Alvarez and
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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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.
- Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi — beatifications of 1900 — Portuguese Jesuit, born Arouca 1708, beheaded in Tonkin on 12 January 1737 with John Gaspard Cratz, Bartholomew Alvarez and Vincent da Cunha; the four were beatified by Leo XIII in 1900 and their memorial is 12 January.
- Wikidata Q43376714 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Emmanuel d'Abreu (CC BY-SA)
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