Emmanuel d'Abreu explained

Honorific-Prefix:Blessed
Religion:Catholic
Institute:Society of Jesus
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Nationality:Portuguese Empire
Birth Date:1708
Birth Place:Arouca, Portugal
Death Date:12 January 1737
Death Place:Tonkin
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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.[1] 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 andVincent da Cunha.[2] [3] Their memorial is on 12 January, the date of their execution.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blessed Emmanuel d'Abreu. 11 January 2010. 21 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online. Catholic. Online. Catholic Online. 21 November 2017.
  3. Web site: saintpatrickdc.org. www.saintpatrickdc.org. 21 November 2017. 5 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190905065625/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0112.shtml. dead.
  4. Web site: De salige Johannes Kasper Kratz, Emmanuel d'Abreu, Bartolomeus Álvarez og Vincent da Cunha (d. 1737). Den katolske kirke. 21 November 2017.