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Francisco Aranha

BlessedFull write-upKingdom of PortugalSociety of Jesus

Feast: 25 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1551

Died

1583

Beatified

—

not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

—

not yet

Who they were

At Salsette in India, Blessed martyrs Rudolf Acquaviva, Alphonsus Pacheco, Peter Berno, Anthony Francis, priests, and Francisco Aranha, religious, of the Society of Jesus, killed by the unbelievers for having exalted the cross.

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 25 July as one of the Jesuit martyrs of Salsette in India, killed for having exalted the cross.

The cause

Francisco Aranha has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Francisco Aranha.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. Reporting one begins with the postulation.

Sources

Roman Martyrology, 25 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
Wikidata Q19858478 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.