The passion of the blessed martyrs Ignatius de Azevedo, priest, and thirty-eight companions of the Society of Jesus, who, while seeking the missions of Brazil aboard a ship named Santiago, were overpowered by a pirate vessel and, in hatred of the Catholic religion, were run through with sword and lance.
July 15th
Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo and Companions, Martyrs
Latin Original
Pássio beatórum mártyrum Ignátii de Azevedo, presbyteri, atque ply £5 Á 2 ; MN. triginta et octo sociórum e Societáte Iesu, qui, cum missiónes Brasiliénses péterent in navi Sancto lacóbo nuncupáta, pradatória navi Oppréssi sunt et in ódium religiónis cathólicz gládio lanceáque transfóssi.