Francisco Hermenegildo Fernandes

Francisco Hermenegildo Fernandes, whose family had lived in Macao for generations, was a local born famous newspaperman. He met Sun Yat-sen while Sun was doing his studies in Hong Kong and subsequently became friends. Sun had asked him to apply for a license for practicing medicine in Macao on his behalf. And using newspaper as a weapon, he helped Sun to spread out his democratic ideology. Having failed to start an uprising in Guangzhou, Sun managed to flee from Macao with his assistance in 1895. Later on, Sun gifted his medical equipment and daily life appliances to him as token of remembrance, which are nowadays on display at the “Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial House”. Francisco Hermenegildo Fernandes’ body is buried in the St. Miguel Arcanjo Cemetery of Macao.