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Blessed Jacinto Orfanell-Prades

Also known as

Pedro Orfanell Prades
Hyacinth Orfanel

10 September

Profile

Dominican at Barcelona, Spain. Priest. Gifted teacher. Missionary to Japan. Martyr.

Born

8 November 1578 in La Jana, Castellón, Spain

burned alive on 10 September 1622 at Nishizaka, 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
- Hagiography Circle

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Jacinto Orfanell-Prades“. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 April 2015. Web. 22 October 2018. <>