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Also Known As Pedro Páez Xaramillo • Pero Páez
Born 1564 • Spain
Died May 20, 1622 (aged 58) • Ethiopia
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St. Francis Xavier
Christian missionary
Pedro Arrupe
Pedro Arrupe
Spanish priest and Jesuit superior general
José de Acosta
Spanish theologian
St. Peter Claver
St. Peter Claver
Spanish missionary
Saint Frumentius
Ethiopian bishop
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Spanish historian and missionary
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci
Italian Jesuit missionary
Pierre-Jean de Smet
Pierre-Jean de Smet
Jesuit missionary
Vieira, António
António Vieira
Portuguese author and diplomat
Alexandre de Rhodes
French missionary
St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
St. Jean de Brébeuf
St. Jean de Brébeuf
Jesuit missionary
St. José de Anchieta
St. José de Anchieta
Portuguese author and scholar
Alessandro Valignano
Italian missionary
St. Junípero Serra
St. Junípero Serra
Spanish Franciscan missionary
St. Edmund Campion
St. Edmund Campion
English saint
Jogues, Saint Isaac
St. Isaac Jogues
Jesuit missionary
Robert Southwell
English poet and martyr
Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega
Portuguese priest