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Also known as

• Martin Loynaz de Aguirre
• Martin de Aguirre
• Martin Loynaz of the Ascension

Memorial

• 6 February

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Studied in Alcala, Spain. Joined the Franciscans in 1586. Priest. Loved to sing. Missionary to Mexico. Missionary to Manila in the Philippines. Briefly served as missionary in Osaka, Japan. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• c.1567 at Guipuzcoa, Spain

Died

• crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

• 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII

Canonized

• 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX

MLA Citation

• “Saint Martin of the Ascension“. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 November 2018. Web. 25 January 2021. <>