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Miguel de Carvalho
17th-century Portuguese Catholic missionary and martyr
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Feast: 25 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1579
Died
1624
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Shimabara in Japan, the Blessed martyrs Miguel de Carvalho, of the Society of Jesus, Peter Vásquez, of the Order of Preachers, Luis Sotelo and Luis Sasanda, priests, and Luis Baba, religious of the Order of Friars Minor, burned alive for their faith in Christ.
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 25 August as a Jesuit burned alive for the faith at Shimabara.
Connected on this site
- Luis Sotelo Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, the Blessed martyrs Miguel de Carvalho, of the Society of Jesus, Peter Vásquez, of the Order of Preachers, Luis Sotelo and Luis Sasanda, priests, and Luis Baba, religious of the Order of Friars Minor, burned alive for their faith in Christ.” — this site's research
- Peter Vásquez Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, the Blessed martyrs Miguel de Carvalho, of the Society of Jesus, Peter Vásquez, of the Order of Preachers, Luis Sotelo and Luis Sasanda, priests, and Luis Baba, religious of the Order of Friars Minor, burned alive for their faith in Christ.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q10329903 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Miguel de Carvalho (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.