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GONSALVUS MENDEZIUS, MISSIONARY - 5 MAY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 5th of May GONSALVUS MENDEZIUS, MISSIONARY Gonsalvus Mendezius was a Franciscan who worked as a missionary in the West Indies. The Art. Mart .* calls him "Blessed Gonsalvus." In the Hueb. Men .*, on March 24, he is listed among their "saints and elect of God." He died c. 1582 in Old Guatemala. (II. 3) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 468) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations