Blessed Iacobus Bunzo Gengoro
- 16 August
- 10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
Profile
Young boy in the diocese of Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Blessed Thomas and Maria Gengoro. Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyred at the age of two in the persecutions of governor Yetsundo.
Born
- 17 or 18 August 1620 in Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan having been crucified upside down soon after sunrise on 16 August
- body burned and ashes scattered
- 26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Iacobus Bunzo Gengoro“. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 January 2022. Web. 27 January 2022. <>