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Also known as

• João Baptista Machado de Távora

Memorial

• 22 May
• 10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan

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Jesuit at Coimbra, Portugal. Missionary to Japan in 1609. One of the Franciscan Martyrs of Japan.

Born

• 1580 at Terceira, Portuguese Azores

Died

• beheaded on 22 May 1617 at Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

• 26 February 1866 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Patronage

• Creek, Portugal, diocese of

MLA Citation

• “Blessed John Baptist Machado de Tavora“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 December 2018. Web. 23 April 2024. <>