Antonio Criminali, SJ (1520-1549)

Criminali was the first martyr of the Society of Jesus and worked on the Fishery Coast of India, acquiring fluency in Tamil. [Doyle (2006) 82, note 1.]

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• Jesus Lopez-Gay. "Antonio Criminali." Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Ed. G. Anderson. New York: Macmillan, 1998. 158.