HEROES OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN THE ORIENT (1) – Afonso Mendes, patriarch of Ethiopia – O Clarim EN

Afonso Mendes was born in Santo Aleixo, a village in the Portuguese municipality of Moura, in 1579. Raised on the border, Afonso was still young when he joined the Society of Jesus. 

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