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Also known as

• Augustinus Ota

Memorial

• 10 August

Profile

Worked as a catechist, helping Jesuit missionaries. Imprisoned at Ikinoshima for his faith. While imprisoned, he was received into the Jesuits. Martyr.

Born

• 1572 in Ojika, Goto-retto, Nagasaki, Japan

Died

• beheaded 10 August 1622 at Ikinoshima, Japan

Venerated

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

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Augustine Ota“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 December 2018. Web. 3 June 2020. <>