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Also known as

• Giovanni Battista Costanzo

Memorial

• 15 September

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Jesuit priest. Missionary to Japan. Martyr.

Born

• 1571 in Bovalino, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Died

• burned to death on 15 September 1622 in Tabira, Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

• 26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree on martyrdom)

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Camillus Costanzo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 December 2018. Web. 27 October 2021. <>