Saint John de Britto/Footprints

Footprints for Saint John de Britto are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

Main article: Footprints

• Madurai – Jesuit Madurai Mission landscape (Madurai Mission) [Public] Outdoor – Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Year: 1673
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Madurai
  • Historic city landscape of the Jesuit Madurai Mission where de Britto worked in Tamil dress and language as “Arul Anandar.” Public temple-city context for a mission pilgrimage day.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Britto; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai_Mission

• Oriyur (Tamil Nadu) – martyrdom shrine of John de Britto (Martyrdom & shrine) [Public] Shrine – Oriyur, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India, Oriyur, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Year: 1693
  • Diocese: Diocese of Sivagangai
  • Primary public shrine of St. John de Britto (Arul Anandar), beheaded 4 Feb 1693 after Madurai mission work. Major Tamil Nadu Catholic pilgrimage campus.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Britto

• Lisbon – birth & Jesuit formation association (Childhood & vocation) [Public] Outdoor – Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Year: 1647
  • Diocese: Patriarchate of Lisbon
  • Birth city of João de Brito (1 Mar 1647) and early Portuguese Jesuit formation before the India mission. Public capital landscape.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Britto

• Goa – staging for the Madurai Mission (Indian mission staging) [Public] Outdoor – Old Goa / Goa Jesuit corridor, India, Old Goa, Goa, India
  • Year: 1673
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
  • Portuguese India base shared with Francis Xavier memory — staging landscape for Jesuits bound to the Tamil missions. Public Old Goa campus.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Britto

• Ramanathapuram district – Marava country mission association (Final mission years) [Public] Outdoor – Ramanathapuram region, Tamil Nadu, India, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Year: 1690
  • Diocese: Diocese of Sivagangai
  • Marava country landscape of de Britto’s later preaching and conflict with local rulers leading to Oriyur martyrdom. Public district context.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Britto

• Sivagangai / diocesan devotion to Arul Anandar (Legacy) [Public] Outdoor – Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Year: 1947
  • Diocese: Diocese of Sivagangai
  • Diocesan landscape that cares for the Oriyur shrine of St. John de Britto (Arul Anandar). Public district seat complementary to Madurai mission pins.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Britto