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Twelve year old boy in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Son of Blessed Leo Hayashida Sukeemon and Blessed Martha Hayashida. One of the Martyrs of Arima.

Born

• c.1601 in Arima, Hyogo, Japan

Died

• 7 October 1613 in Arima, Hyogo, Japan

Venerated

• 1 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Didacus Hayashida“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 October 2016. Web. 21 August 2018. <>