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Mártires (Quarenta)

Regarding the passage of the forty religious of the Society of Jesus through Madeira, who on July 15, 1570, were massacred in the heights of the Canary Islands archipelago, see the article Azevedo (Beato Inácio de) on page 110 of vol. I and the book Paróquia de Santo António na Ilha da Madeira.

People mentioned in this article

Beato Inácio de Azevedo
Author of the article

Years mentioned in this article

1570
Massacre of the forty religious of the Society of Jesus

Locations mentioned in this article

Canárias
Heights of the Canary Islands archipelago