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These first 26 Martyrs of Japan, also known as Pedro Bautista Blasquez y Blasquez and 22 companions, along with Paulus Miki and 2 companions, were beatified on 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII, and canonized on 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX.
The Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖人, Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) refers to a group of Christians who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki . Through the promulgation of decree on martyrdom, these first Martyrs of Japan were beatified on 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII.
This is an account of the martyrs of Nagasaki, 26 Catholics who died for their faith in Japan in 1597.
The Twenty Six Martyrs Monument and adjacent museum (二十六聖人記念館, Nijūroku Seijin Kinenkan) in Nagasaki are dedicated to the twenty six Christians who were executed here on February 5, 1597. They included both foreign missionaries and Japanese laymen.
The Oura Church (大浦天主堂, Ōura Tenshudō) or Oura Cathedral, officially Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖殉教者聖堂) is a Catholic minor basilica and co-cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Japanese government's Seclusion Policy in 1853.
Feb 5, 2022 · Luke O’Hara Blogs February 5, 2022. Raked by frothing waves and howling wind, the galleon San Felipe rode the merciless Pacific bereft of mainmast and rudder, her battered old hull the merest...
Dec 17, 2023 · The group is widely known collectively as the 26 Martyrs of Japan — also as St. Paul Miki and Companions, named after a Japanese leader of the group who was training for the Jesuit...
