Julie Dawn Fox | 13 june, 2014

"(...)The people of Ponte de Lima are still working on getting their giant, Blessed Francisco Pacheco, canonised but in their eyes he is already a saint. Inspired by his uncle’s martyrdom, Pacheco decided at a very young age to become a missionary. He became a Jesuit priest and dedicated much of his life to promoting Christianity in Japan only to be burnt alive in 1626 for his missionary endeavours. Over 200 years after his death, his legacy of a community of practising Catholics was discovered when Japanese borders reopened to the world.(...)" Link