Gonsalo Garcia
Saint Gonsalo Garcia, O.F.M., (Latin: Gundisalvus Garcia, Portuguese: Gonçalo) (1556 – 5 February 1597) was a Roman Catholic Franciscan friar from India, who died as a martyr in Japan and is venerated as a saint. Born in the western coastal town of Vasai, now an exurb of the city of Mumbai, he hailed from the town -- then known as Bassein -- during the time the town was under Portuguese colonial rule. The festival of St. Gonsalo has come to be held on the first Sunday nearest to the neap tide following Christmas in Vasai.
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Read more about Gonsalo Garcia: Early History, Gonsalo’s Birth & Parentage, In Bassein Fort, Towards Japan, As A Cathechist, Missionary-Turned-Merchant, A Franciscan Preacher, Clouds of Adversities, Road To Martyrdom, Way To Altar
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