Joao Lostau Navarro
Layman, martyr killed in hatred of the Catholic faith in Brazil
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology names him on 3 October in a list of blessed martyrs made up of men, women and children, many of them related to one another.
The Acta Apostolicae Sedis record that the second group of these martyrs gave their witness on 3 October of the same year at Uracu, a few miles from Natal, and that after enduring most bitter torments with wonderful courage they refused every offer to leave the Catholic faith and so won the eternal reward.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was killed in hatred of the Catholic faith and refused every offer to abandon it.
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, 3 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 91 (1999) - decree on the martyrdom of the martyrs of Cunhau and Uracu
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.