Saint Alonso Rodriguez
Also known as
- Alphonsus Rodriquez
- Alphonso Rodriquez
- 15 November (Martyrology)
- 17 November on some calendars
Profile
Jesuit, ordained in 1624. Missionary to Paraguay and Brazil. With Saint Rocco Gonzalez and Saint Juan de Castillo, he co-founded the “reduction” of the Assumption on the Ijuhi River. In 1628 they established the All Saints mission in Caaro, Brazil. Killed 15 days into his missionary work. One of the Jesuit Martyrs of Paraguay, the first martyrs in the Americas to be beatified.
Born
- 14 September 1595 in Belmonte, Cuenca, Spain
- hacked to death with a hatchet on 15 November 1628 at Caaro, Brazil
Name Meaning
- noble ready
- battle ready
- ready to do good
MLA Citation
- “Saint Alonso Rodriguez“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 September 2022. Web. 18 April 2024. <>