Blessed Maria Gengoro
- 16 August
- 10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan
Profile
Lay woman in the diocese of Fukuoka, Japan. Married to Blessed Thomas Gengoro; mother of Blessed Iacobus. Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyred in the persecutions of governor Yetsundo.
Born
- Kiyota, Japan
- 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 Maria Gengoro“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 January 2018. Web. 2 June 2020. <>