[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).]

[8]   DIOGO DE MESQUITA AND 4 COMPANIONS

         FROM THE MISSIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IN JAPAN

 

1.    DIOGO DE MESQUITA

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1533 in Mesão Frio, Vila Real (Portugal)

        died: 04 November 1614 in Kaminoshima, Nagasaki (Japan)

2.    ANTONIO FRANCISCO DE CRITANA

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1548 in Almodóvar del Campo, Ciudad Real (Spain) 

        died: December 1614 on the sea, near Luzon (Philippines)

3.    JUAN BAUTISTA DE BAEZA

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1558 in Úbeda, Jaén (Spain)

        died: 07 May 1626 in Nagasaki (Japan)

4.    GASPAR DE CRASTO

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1560 in Braga (Portugal)

        died: 07 May 1626 in Takaku, Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

5.    MATEUS DE COUROS

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1568 in Lisbon (Portugal)

        died: 29 October 1633 near Fushimi, Kyoto (Japan)

competent forum: Nagasaki

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

 

opening of informative process: September 1635

closing of informative process: October 1635

opening of acts of informative process: 24 May 1901

decree on writings:

introduction of cause:

decree of « non cultu »:

opening of apostolic process:

closing of apostolic process:

decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

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preparatory congregation:

general congregation:

 

postulator:

petitioner:

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[9]   MARCELLO FRANCESCO MASTRILLI

         professed priest, Jesuits

         born: 14 September 1603 in Naples (Italy)

         died: 17 October 1637 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

competent forum: Nagasaki

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

 

opening of informative process: 30 June 1638

closing of informative process: 28 July 1638

opening of acts of informative process: 21 January 1696

decree on writings:

introduction of cause:

decree of « non cultu »:

opening of apostolic process:

closing of apostolic process:

decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

antepreparatory congregation:

preparatory congregation:

general congregation:

 

postulator:

petitioner:

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[10]   SEBASTIÃO VIEIRA AND 39 COMPANIONS

           FROM THE MISSIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IN JAPAN

 

1.    Francisco Carrión

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1552 in Medina del Campo, Valladolid (Spain)

        died: 23 July 1590 in Ikitsuki, Nagasaki (Japan)

2.    THEODOOR MANTELS

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1560 in Hasselt, Limburg (Belgium)

        died: 05 May 1593 in Malacca (Malaysia)

3.    GIUSEPPE Forlanetti

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1546 in Venice (Italy)

        died: April 1593 in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

4.    RUIZ CASTrO

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1551 in Mourão, Évora (Portugal)

        died: 1611 in Quanzhou, Fujian (China)

5.    PAULUS [SOTERUS] KUDŌ

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: c. 1562 in Bungo (Japan) 

        died: 22 November 1614 in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki (Japan)

6.    Manuel Barreto

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1563 in Feira, Porto (Portugal)

        died: 30 September 1620 in Nagasaki (Japan)

7.    MICHAEL KIMURA MICHIO SHUKKAN

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: c. 1565 in Kawachi (Japan)

        died: end of October 1628 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi (Japan) 

8.    THOMAS NISHIHORI [トマス西堀]

        professed cleric, Jesuits

        born: c. 1584 in Mino, Gifu (Japan)

        died: 22 July 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

9.    MANUEL BORGES

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1584 in Évora (Portugal)

10.  IOSEPHUS RYŌMI [ジョセフ・レオミ]

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in (Japan)

        died: 16 August 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

11.  IGNATIUS KIDŌ [ディオゴ木戸]

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in Arie (Japan)

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

12.  GIACOMO ANTONIO GIANNONE

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: 07 September 1577 in Bitonto, Bari (Italy)

        died: 28 August 1633 in Shimabara, Nagasaki (Japan)

13.  IOANNES KIDERA KUHYŌE

        professed cleric, Jesuits

        born: ?  in Hirado, Nagasaki (Japan)

        died: 29 August 1633 in Shimabara, Nagasaki (Japan)

14.  THOMAS RYŌKAN

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in Amakusa (Japan)

15.  LUDOVICUS KAFUKU

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in Amakusa (Japan)

16.  DIONYSIUS YAMAMOTO FUEN

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in Nagasaki (Japan)

        died: 30 September 1633 in Kokura, Fukuoka (Japan)

17.  IACOBUS TAKASHIMA ROKUBYŌE

        professed cleric, Jesuits

        born: ?  in (Japan)

        died: 30 September 1633 in Shiki, Amakusa  (Japan)

18.  Ioannes Yama

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: c. 1566 in Settsu, Hyōgu (Japan)

        died: c. 30 September 1633 in Tokyo (Japan)

19.  BENTO FERNANDES (*)

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1579 in Borba, Alentejo (Portugal)

20.  PAULUS SAITŌ SHŌZAEMON [パウロ斉藤] (*)  

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1576 in Tanba, Hyōgu (Japan)

        died: 02 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

21.  JOÃO DA COSTA

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1574 in Azeitão, São Lourenço e São Simão (Portugal)

        died: 09 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

22.  SIXTUS IYO TOKUUN [トクウン神父]

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1570 in Nagasaki (Japan)

        died: 10 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

23.  DAMIANUS FUKAYE [ダミアン深]

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in  (Japan)

        died: 11 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

24.  PETRUS [ペドロ]

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in  (Japan)

25.  MATTHAEUS [マテオ]

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: ? in  (Japan)

        died: 21 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

26.  António de Sousa

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1588 in Covilhã, Castelo Branco (Portugal)

        died: 26 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

27.  Francesco Boldrini [Buldrini]

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: November 1575 in Rome (Italy)

        died: 08 December 1633 in Northern Japan

28.  SEBASTIÃO VIEIRA

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: 20 January 1572 in Castro Daire, Viseu (Portugal)

29.  Damianus Shibyōe

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: in (Japan)

30.  Petrus Kuhyōe

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: in (Japan)

31.  Franciscus Matazō

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: in (Japan)

32.  Remigius

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: in (Japan)

33.  Laurentius

        professed religious, Jesuits

        born: in (Japan)

        died: 06 June 1634 in Tokyo (a.k.a. Edo) (Japan)

34.  MARTINUS SHIKIMI

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: 1577 in Arima, Nagasaki (Japan)

        died: September-October 1641 in Nagasaki (Japan)

35.  Antonio Rubino

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: 01 March 1578 in Strambino, Turin (Italy)

        died: 22 March 1643 in Nishizaka, Nagasa

36.  Wojciech Męciński

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1598 in Osmolice, Białki Dolne, Ułęż, Ryki (Poland)

        died: 23 March 1643 in Nishizaka, Nagasa

37.  Diego de Morales Contreras

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: 13 September 1604 in Peroniel, Soria (Spain) 

38.  ANTONIO CAPECE

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: 11 August 1606 in Naples (Italy)

39.  FRANCISCUS MARQUES-OGI [フランシスコ・マルケス]

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1611 in Nagasaki (Japan)

        died: 25 March 1643 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)

40.  Mancius Konishi [マンショ・小西]

        professed priest, Jesuits

        born: c. 1600 in Tsushima, Nagasaki (Japan) 

        died: 1644 in Osaka(Japan)

competent forum: Nagasaki

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

 

opening of informative process: January 1635 (*)  

closing of informative process: January 1636 (*)

opening of acts of informative process: 16 March 1901

decree on writings:

introduction of cause:

decree of « non cultu »:

opening of apostolic process:

closing of apostolic process:

decree on validity of informative and apostolic processes:

antepreparatory congregation:

preparatory congregation:

general congregation:

 

postulator:

petitioner:

webpage: