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Also known as

• Caio
• Augustus Gaius

Memorial

• 15 November
• 4 February as one of the Jesuit Martyrs of Japan

Profile

Layman catechist in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Martyr. Caius was accepted into the Jesuits, but had been executed before the notice reached him.

Born

• 1571 in Korea

Died

• burned alive on 15 November 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

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

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Caius of Korea“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 February 2019. Web. 22 April 2019. <>