Blessed Lucia de Freitas
Profile
Layman of the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Member of the Secular Franciscans and Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyred in the persecution of the Tokugawa Shogunate as part of the Great Genna Martyrdom.
Born
- c.1542 in
- 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 Lucia de Freitas“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 September 2017. Web. 16 August 2018. <>