Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo

Blessed Alexius Sanbashi Saburo was a devout Catholic from Nagasaki, Japan, born around the year 1601. He dedicated his life to spreading the teachings of the Catholic faith in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, serving as a Dominican lay catechist. Blessed Alexius worked closely with the Dominican missionaries who were active in the region during the early seventeenth century.