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Blessed Antonius Yamada

19 August

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Layman of the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyrs.

Born

Japan

beheaded on 19 August 1622 at Nagasaki, Japan

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

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Additional Information

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

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle
- Saints Alive, by Father Robert McNamara

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Antonius Yamada“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 August 2016. Web. 17 October 2018. <>