Category:Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan

Died: February 5, 1597,Nagasaki, Japan Means of martyrdom: Crucifixion Venerated in: Catholic Church, Anglican Church, ELCA Beatified: September 14, 1627, Rome, by Pope Urban VIII Canonized: June 8, 1862, Rome, by Pope Pius IX Feast: February 6 (Roman Catholic Church)

The Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖人 Nihon Nijūroku Seijin?) refers to those who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan.

Saint Antonio Dainan Saint Bonaventura of Miyako Saint Cosme Takeya Saint Francisco Branco Saint Francisco of Nagasaki Saint Francisco of Saint Michael Saint Gabriel de Duisco Saint Gaius Francis Saint Gundisalvus (Gonsalvo) Garcia Saint Isabel Fernandez Saint Ignatius Jorjes Saint James Kisai Saint Joaquim Saccachibara Saint Juan Kisaka Saint Juan Soan de Goto Saint Leo Karasumaru Saint Luis Ibaraki Saint Martin of the Ascension Saint Mathias of Miyako Saint Miguel Kozaki Saint Paulo Ibaraki Saint Paul Miki or Saint Paulo Miki – Born in Japan in 1562, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1580 and was the first Japanese member of any Catholic religious order. He died one year before his ordination to the Catholic priesthood. Miki's remaining ashes and bones are now located in Macau, China. Saint Pablo Suzuki Saint Pedro Bautista or Saint Peter Baptist – He was a Spanish Franciscan who had worked about ten years in the Philippines before coming to Japan. St. Peter was a companion of St. Paul Miki when Christianity was made illegal.[5] Saint Pedro Sukejiroo Saint Philip of Jesus - Born in Mexico in 1572 (at the time "New Spain"). Upon his martyrdom he became the first Mexican saint and patron saint of Mexico City. Saint Thomas Kozaki Saint Thomas Xico