ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 29th of October
MATTHEW DE CUROS, MISSIONARY
Matthew (Matthaeus) de Curos was a Jesuit from Portugal, who worked for 43 years as a missionary, provincial and diocesan administrator in Japan. He finally died of lack of food on October 29, 1633. His death was a most holy death. (Menol. Soc. J. p. 85).
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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