McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Castro, Alfonso

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Castro, Alfonso


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a Portuguese Jesuit, was sent as a missionary to India, and was killed there in 1558, by the natives of the Moluccas, after a sojourn of eleven years. He left a full account of his mission (Rome, 1556). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, s.v.