Blessed Ioannes Onizuka Naizen
Also known as
- John Naisen
Profile
Wealthy layman. Married to Blessed Monica Naizen; father of Blessed Louis Naizen. Worked with Blessed Giovanni Battista Zola. Withstood personal persecution for his faith, but when the authorities threatened to force his wife into prostitution, he briefly renounced Christianity to save her. He later repented his back-sliding, and made a public pronouncement of his return to the Church. Martyr.
Born
- burned alive in 1626 at Nagasaki, Japan
- 26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Ioannes Onizuka Naizen“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 April 2015. Web. 4 December 2021. <>