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Blessed Augustine Ota

Also known as

Augustinus Ota

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

beheaded 10 August 1622 at Ikinoshima, Japan

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

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Additional Information

Saints of the Society of Jesus

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

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

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

MLA Citation

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