Born: Bertrancourt, Amiens, France Entered: 15 August 1535, Rome Italy - Romanae Province (ROM) Ordained: 12 March 1524, Paris Final Vows: 22 April 1541, Rome, Italy Died: 14 Septembver 1562, Paris, France - Galliae Province (GALL)
Ignatius of Loyola sent two Jesuits - Paschase Broët and Alfonso Salmerón - to Ireland in 1541. The legates arrived in Ulster, Ireland, on 23 February 1542, and after thirty-four grim days encountering innumerable and insurmountable difficulties, they left Ireland without accomplishing the purpose of their visit.
◆ The English Jesuits 1550-1650 Thomas M McCoog SJ : Catholic Record Society 1994 One of the first followers of St Ignatius Loyola in Paris He, Alfonso Salmerón and the future Jesuit brother Francisco Zapata, were obliged to seek shelter in unspecified English ports on their way from the continent to Ireland via Scotland, in December 1541 Born Berteancourt France (Colpo, Broët, 239)