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~ Martyrs of Japan  ~

(† 1590-1715)

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[There are many conflicts regarding the precise names of the Japanese martyrs canonized and beatified in the 19th century. This can be attributed to the inaccessibility of Japanese records to researchers during the sakoku (鎖国), the kingdom’s isolationist policy from 1633 to 1853. The names indicated in the bulls of canonization and beatification were culled from the apostolic processes held in Macao or Manila in the 17th century. Apart from inaccuracies in the spelling of the Japanese names during the canonical processes, there were also erroneous attributions to the membership of several Japanese martyrs in religious orders or associations - errors that are only being recently corrected by researchers since the 1970s.

In the early 20th century, access to Japanese archival records and comparative studies with archival documents unaccessed during the canonical processes has made it possible to correct many of these errors and attributions. The Hagiography Circle has chosen to adapt the Romanized names of the Japanese martyrs in Juan Ruiz-de-Medina’s authoritative tome El Martirologio del Japón (Rome: Institutum Historicum S.I., 1999) .

Nonetheless, the names for the martyrs used by the Catholic Church in Japan remain those used in the canonization and beatification bulls. These names are included in this page. In these cases, katakana is used for the Christian name and kanji for the surname. In this page, their Romanization follows the Modified Hepburn System (Hebon-shiki).]

 

                      

 

[1]          PEDRO BAUTISTA BLÁSQUEZ BLÁSQUEZ

                AND 22 COMPANIONS ALONG WITH

                PAULUS MIKI AND 2 COMPANIONS

       

       

1.    PEDRO BAUTISTA BLÁSQUEZ BLÁSQUEZ

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Discalced)

        born: 24 June 1542 in San Esteban del Valle, Ávila (Spain)

2.    MARTÍN LOINAZ AMUNABARRO [or MARTÍN DE AGUIRRE]

        (MARTÍN OF THE ASCENSION)

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Discalced)

        born: c. 1567 in Beasain (or Vergara), Guipúzcoa (Spain)

3.    FRANCISCO BLANCO  

        professed priest, Franciscan Friars Minor (Discalced)

        born: c. 1569 in Monterrey, Orense (Spain)

4.    FELIPE DE LAS CASAS MARTÍN

        (FELIPE OF JESUS)

        professed cleric, Franciscan Friars Minor (Discalced)

        born: c. 1573 in Mexico City (Mexico)

5.    GONÇALO GARCIA  

        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor (Discalced)

        born: c. 1557 in Vasai (a.k.a. Bassein), Palghar (India)

6.    FRANCISCO ANDRADE ARCO

        (FRANCISCO OF SAINT MICHAEL)

        professed religious, Franciscan Friars Minor (Discalced)

        born: c. 1544 in La Parrilla, Valladolid (Spain)

7.    PAULUS MIKI

        [パウロ三木]

        professed cleric, Jesuits

         born: c. 1564 in Setsu-no-Kuni, Ōsaka (Japan)

8.    IOANNES [SŌAN] GOTŌ

        [ヨハネ(う庵) 五島]

        professed cleric, Jesuits

        born: c. 1578 in Gotō-rettō, Nagasaki (Japan)

9.    DIDACUS KISAI

        [ディエゴ喜斉]

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: c. 1533 in Bizen, Okayama (Japan) (?)

10.  PAULUS SUZUKI

        [パウロ 鈴木]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married;

        member, Secular Franciscans; catechist

        born: c. 1548 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

11.  GABRIEL

        [ガブリエル]

        young layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans; catechist

        born: c. 1579 in Ise, Mie (Japan)

12.  IOANNES KINUYA

        [ヨハネ絹屋]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans; catechist

        born: c. 1569 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

13.  THOMAS DANGI

        [トマス談義者]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans; catechist

        born: c. 1561 in Ise, Mie (Japan)

14.  FRANCISCUS

        [フランシスコ医師]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: c. 1551 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

15.  IOACHIM SAKAKIBARA

        [ヨアキム榊原]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: c. 1557 in Ōsaka (Japan)

16.  BONAVENTURA

        [ボナベントウラ]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

17.  LEO KARASUMARU

        [レオン烏丸]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans; catechist

        born: c. 1549 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

18.  MATTHIAS

        [マチアス]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

19.  ANTONIUS

        [アントニオ]

        child of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: c. 1584 in Nagasaki (Japan)

20.  PAULUS IBARAKI

        [パウロ茨木]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: c. 1543 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

21.  LUDOVICUS IBARAKI

        [ルドビコ茨木]

        child of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: c. 1584 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

22.  MICHAËL KOZAKI

        [ミカエル小崎]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: c. 1551 in Ise, Mie (Japan)

23.  THOMAS KOZAKI

        [トマス小崎]

        child of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        (son of no. 23)

        born: c. 1583 in Ise, Mie (Japan)

24.  PETRUS SUKEJIRŌ

        [ベトロ助四郎]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

25.  COSMAS TAKEYA

        [コスメ竹屋]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: c. 1559 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

26.  FRANCISCUS KICHI (“ADAUCTUS”)

        [カヨフランシスコ吉]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Franciscans

        born: ? in Ise, Mie (Japan)

        died: 05 February 1597 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

     

                               

competent forum: Nagasaki

CCS protocol number: not applicable

type of cause: martyrdom

               

opening of informative process:

closing of informative process:

decree on writings:

introduction of cause:

decree « non cultu »:

opening of apostolic process:

closing of apostolic process:

decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

antepreparatory congregation:

preparatory congregation:

general congregation: 

promulgation of decree on martyrdom:

beatification: 14 September 1627

     opening of apostolic process on 1° miracle for canonization: 

     closing of apostolic process on 1° miracle for canonization: 

     opening of apostolic process on 2° miracle for canonization: 

     closing of apostolic process on 2° miracle for canonization: 

     decree on validity of apostolic processes on miracles:

     antepreparatory congregation on miracles:

     preparatory congregation on miracles:

     general congregation on miracles:

     promulgation of decree on miracles:

canonization: 08 June 1862

               

information: Twenty-six Martyrs Shrine, Nishizaka-machi 7-8, Nagasaki City, 850-0051 JAPAN

website: www.26martyrs.com

                

          

Lorenzo Ruiz and 15 Companions (canonization banner)

       

       

[2]      Lorenzo Ruiz, Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia PÉREZ DE LETE,

            Iacobus Tomonaga GORŌBYŌE, and 13 CompanionS       

   

   

 

1.    DOMINGO IBÁÑEZ DE ERQUICIA PÉREZ DE LETE

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: February 1589 in Régil, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

2.    FRANCISCUS SHŌEMON

        [フランシスコ正右衛門]

        professed religious, Dominicans

        born: ? in (Japan)

        died: 14 August 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

3.    IACOBUS TOMONAGA GORŌBYŌE

        (IACOBUS OF SAINT MARY)

        [ハコボ マリア 朝長五郎兵衛]

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 1582 in Kyudetsu, Nagasaki (Japan)

4.    MICHAËL KURŌBYŌE

        [ミゲル・久郎兵衛]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; catechist

        born: ? in (Japan)

        died: 17 August 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

5.    MATTHAEUS KOHYŌE

        (MATTHAEUS OF THE ROSARY)

        [マテオ・デル・ロザリオ小兵衛]

        novice, Dominicans

        born: 1615 in Arima, Hyogo (Japan)

        died: 19 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

   

   

6.    LUCAS ALONSO GORDA

        (LUCAS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT)

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 18 October 1594 in Carracedo de Vidriales, Zamora (Spain)

        died:  20 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

   

   

   

   

7.    MAGDALENA

        [マグダレナ]

        young layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Secular Augustinian Recollects and Lay Dominicans

        born: c. 1610 in Nagasaki (Japan)

        died:  15 October 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

   

   

8.    MARINA

        [マリナ]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki;

        member, Lay Dominicans

        born: ? in Ōmura, Nagasaki (Japan)

        died: 11 November 1634 in Nagasaki (Japan) 

   

   

   

   

9.    GIACINTO ANSALONE

        (GIORDANO OF SAINT STEPHEN)

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 01 November 1598 in San Stefano Quisquina, Agrigento (Italy)

10.  THOMAS HIOJI NISHI ROKUZAEMON

        (THOMAS OF SAINT HYACINTH)

        [トマス・デ・サン・ハシント西六左衛門]

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 1590 in Hirado, Nagasaki (Japan)

        died: 17 November 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

11.  ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: 1593 in León (Spain)

        died: 24 September 1637 in Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

   

   

   

   

12.  GUILLAUME COURTET

        (THOMAS OF SAINT DOMINIC)

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: c. 1590 in Sérignan, Languedoc (France)

13.  MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ DE AOZARAZA DE LEIBAR

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: February 1598 Oñate, Guipúzcoa (Spain)

14.  VINCENTIUS SHIOTSUKA

        (VINCENTIUS OF THE CROSS)

        [ヴイセンテ・デ・ラ・クルス塩塚]

        professed priest, Dominicans

        born: c. 1576 in Nagasaki (Japan)

15.  LORENZO RUIZ

        layperson of the archdiocese of Manila; married

        member, Confraternity of the Rosary

        born: c. 1600 in Binondo, Manila (Philippines)

16.  LAZARUS

        [ラサロ]

        layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

        born: ? in Kyōto (Japan)

        died: 29 September 1637 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

   

   

   

   

   

   

competent forum: Nagasaki/Macao/Manila

CCS protocol number: 874

type of cause: martyrdom

              

opening of diocesan inquiry: 1636 (Macao/Manila)

closing of diocesan inquiry: 1637 (Macao/Manila)

introduction of cause: 26 November 1979

congress of CCS officials and consultors: 29 April 1980

plenary session of cardinals and bishops: 01 July 1980

papal confirmation of plenary session sentence: 11 September 1980

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 11 October 1980

beatification: 18 February 1981

     opening of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

     closing of diocesan inquiry on miracle for beatification: 

     decree on validity of diocesan inquiry on miracle:

     meeting of the Medical Board: 14 December 1986

     particular congress of theological consultors: 03 April 1987

     ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 12 May 1987

     promulgation of decree on miracle: 01 June 1987

perfecta et duratura sanatione infantis Caeciliae Alegriae Policarpio a paralisi cerebrali anatomico-functionali, omissa qualibet therapia die prima mensis Maii 1983 in civitatem Maniliensem, convaluisse annis 1985 et 1986

canonization: 18 October 1987

               

information: Sei Dominiko Shudokai Honbu, Kinuyama 5-1646-6, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime Ken 791-8025, JAPAN

                          Dominican Missions, 8-10 Eastbourne Road, Block 2, Kowloon Tong, HONGKONG

website:

               

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