PORTUGAL, 1971, the 4th centenary of their martyrdom, Scott 1116-1118

Blessed Ignacio de Azevedo, born in Portugal in 1527, having been named the Jesuit superior of Brazil, returned to Portugal to recruit volunteers for the mission. On the way back to Brazil they were intercepted by French Huguenot pirates, who killed him and his 39 Jesuit companions. They were all beatified in 1854.

 
PORTUGAL, 1971, FDI cancel for Scott 1116-8
BRAZIL, 1971, show cancel in honor of the martyrs

Ignacio de Azevedo Diogo de Andrade Francisco Alvares Gaspar Alvares Manuel Alvares Alonso de Baena Marcos Caldeira Bento de Castro António Correia Luis Correia Simão da Costa Aleixo Delgado Nicolau Dinis Gregorio Escrivano António Fernandes Domingos Fernandes João Fernandes (I) João Fernandes (II) Manuel Fernandes Pedro de Fontoura

André Gonçalves Gonçalo Henriques Simão Lopes Francisco de Magalhães Juan de Mayorga Álvaro Mendes Diogo Pires Pedro Nunes Manuel Pacheco Francisco Pérez Godoy Brás Ribeiro Luis Rodrigues Manuel Rodrigues Fernando Sánchez Juan de San Martín António Soares Amaro Vaz Juan de Zafra Esteban Zuraire João "Adaucto"

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