Aze·ve·do \ə-zə-ˈvā-thü\ , Blessed Ignacio de (1527–1570), Portuguese missionary. Azevedo became a Jesuit in 1548 and subsequently served as rector of religious colleges in Lisbon and Braga, Portugal. In 1566 he journeyed to Brazil to serve the Jesuit missions there. While on a trip to Europe to recruit new missionaries, he and 39 other Jesuits were attacked by Huguenot privateers, who brutally slaughtered them. Azevedo and the other martyrs were beatified in 1854.
Medical Dictionary
Saint–Ignatius's–bean
noun Saint–Ig·na·tius's–bean \-ig-ˈnā-sh(ē-)əs-\
Medical Definition of SAINT-IGNATIUS'S-BEAN
: the greenish straw-colored seed of a Philippine woody vine of the genus Strychnos (S. ignatii) that is like nux vomica in its action and uses—called also Ignatius bean
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