High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Saint John de Brito (Portuguese: Jo o de Brito, also spelled "Britto") (born in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 1, 1647 - died at Oriyur (ஓரியூர்), Tamil Nadu, India, on February 11, 1693) was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr, often called "the Portuguese St. Francis Xavier" by Indian Catholics.