Blessed Alonso de Mena Navarette
Profile
Dominican priest. Martyred in the persecution of the Tokugawa Shogunate as part of the Great Genna Martyrdom.
Born
- 3 February 1568 in La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
- burned alive 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 Alonso de Mena Navarette“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 September 2017. Web. 16 October 2018. <>