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Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo

17th century painting of the Great Genna Martyrdom, unknown Japanese artist; swiped from Wikimedia CommonsMemorial

  • 10 September

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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

  • c.1601 in Nagasaki,

Died

  • 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

Venerable

  • 26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

Beatification

  • 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
Additional Information

  • books

    • Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
  • other sites in english

    • Hagiography Circle
  • sitios en español

    • Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

MLA Citation

  • “Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 September 2017. Web. 22 April 2018. <>

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