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Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo

10 September

Profile

Dominican lay catechist in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Worked with the Dominican missionaries. Martyr.

Born

c.1601 in Nagasaki, Japan

burned alive on 10 September 1622 at Nagasaki, Japan

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

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 September 2015. Web. 26 July 2017. <>