John de Britto

John de Britto, SJ (1 March 1647 – 4 February 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and an evangelist, often called "the Portuguese St. Francis Xavier" by Indian Catholics. He is also called "the John the Baptist of India."

Patron saint of Portugal; St. John De Britto Church Sakthikulangara; Kerala; Roman Catholic Diocese of Sivagangai; The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai