Augustinian Martyrs of Japan
Profile
The first Augustinian missionaries arrived in Japan in 1602 and met with immediate success; many were brought to the faith; many of them became Augustinians; and many of them were martyred in the periodic persecutions of Christians. This memorial commemorates all of them, whether they have a sanctioned Cause for Canonization or not. They include
- Blessed Bartolomé Gutiérrez Rodríguez
- Blessed Ferdinand Ayala
- Blessed Francisco Terrero de Ortega Pérez
- Blessed Ioannes Mukuno Chozaburo
- Blessed Laurentius Kaida Hachizo
- Blessed Mancius Yukimoto Ichizaemon
- Blessed Martín Lumbreras Peralta
- Blessed Melchor Sánchez Pérez
- Blessed Michaël Ichinose Sukezaemon
- Blessed Pedro de Zúñiga
- Blessed Petrus Sawaguchi Kuhyoe
- Blessed Thomas Terai Kahyoe
- Blessed Thomas Jihyoe of Saint Augustine
- Blessed Vicente Simões de Carvalho
- Saint Magdalena of Nagasaki
MLA Citation
- “Augustinian Martyrs of Japan“. CatholicSaints.Info. 15 June 2018. Web. 16 September 2021. <>