Mateus Moreira
Brazilian Catholic martyr and saint
Feast: 3 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
On the bank of the river Uruaçu near Natal in Brazil, Blesseds Ambrósio Francisco Ferro, priest, and companions, martyrs, victims of the repression carried out against the Catholic faith.
Among those named is Blessed Mateus Moreira.
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 3 October among the companions of Blessed Ambrósio Francisco Ferro, martyrs by the river Uruaçu near Natal.
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)
- Wikidata Q10327335 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mateus Moreira (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.