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Layman in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyred in the persecution of the Tokugawa Shogunate as part of the Great Genna Martyrdom.

Born

• 1582 in Omura, Nagasaki,

Died

• beheaded on 10 September 1622 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
• body burned to ash and the ash dumped at sea by guards to prevent local Christians from gatherine relics of the martyrs

Venerable

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

Beatification

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Damianus Tanda Yaichi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 September 2017. Web. 23 January 2021. <>