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Blessed Ioannes Tomachi

Also known as

John Tomachi

8 September

Profile

Married layman in Nagasaki, Japan. Father of Blessed Paulus Tomachi, Blessed Dominicus Tomachi, Blessed Michaël Tomachi, and Blessed Thomas Tomachi. Member of the Lay Dominicans and Secular Franciscans. Martyr.

Born

Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

beheaded on 8 September 1628 in Nagasaki, Japan

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

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Ioannes Tomachi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 September 2017. Web. 26 January 2021. <>