Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo
Profile
Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Member of the Lay Dominicans. Catechist. Martyred in the persecution of the Tokugawa Shogunate as part of the Great Genna Martyrdom.
Born
- beheaded on 10 September 1622 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
- body burned to ash and the ash dumped at sea by guards to prevent local Christians from gatherine relics of the martyrs
- 26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 September 2017. Web. 22 April 2018. <>