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André de Soveral
Brazilian Roman Catholic saint
Feast: 3 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
André de Soveral SJ (c. 1572 – 16 July 1645) was a Portuguese Catholic priest from Colonial Brazil. He was killed during the Restoration War at the Martyrdom of Cunhau, a massacre promoted by Dutch troops and their Calvinist ministers, who fought against the Portuguese Empire in Brazil. Soveral was a member of the Jesuits.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q9154163 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — André de Soveral (CC BY-SA)
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