John de Britto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr
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Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
About John de Britto
- Saint John de Britto (also spelled Brito; Portuguese: João de Brito), also known as Arul Anandar, (born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 March 1647 – died at Oriyur, Tamil Nadu, India on 4 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr, often called 'the Portuguese St Francis Xavier' by Indian Catholics.
- He can be called the John the Baptist of India.
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