Rudolf Acquaviva ; b. Atri old kingdom of Naples, Italy, Oct. He was the fifth child of the duke of Atri and nephew of the future general of the Society of Jesus , Claudius acquaviva. His mother was a cousin of St. He was ordained and reached Goa, Sept. His zeal and austerity won the admiration of the Mogul and his court, who regretted his return to Goa in February At Goa, he was appointed superior of the Salsette mission, the post he held at his martyrdom.
Alfonso Pacheco ; b. Minaya Albacete Spain, c. He entered the society on Sept. Before his ordination the following year, he sailed with A. Valignano for India, landing in Goa. His prudence and virtue influenced his being chosen in for an important European mission.
He returned to India in , and was made rector of Rachol Salsette. He accompanied two punitive expeditions of the Portuguese to the village of Conculim, and was instrumental in destroying the pagodas there.
Peter Berno ; b. Ascona Locarno , Switzerland, c. He entered the society at Rome, July 2, ; two years later he left Lisbon for Goa. Soon he was appointed to Salsette. He, too, accompanied the punitive expeditions to Cuncolim and assisted in destroying the Hindu temples; he overturned an anthill that was deemed very sacred, and killed a cow, thus deeply offending orthodox Hindus.
Antonio Francisco ; b. Coimbra, Portugal, c. He was an impoverished student when he joined the society in Coimbra on Sept. Shortly afterward he was ordained in Goa. He was then sent to the Moluccas, but a storm impeded his voyage and he returned to Goa, where the superiors assigned him to the Church of Orlim in Salsette.
