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Blessed Andreas Murayama Tokuan

Also known as: Andrew Toukan

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

18-Nov

Born

Nagasaki, Japan

Died

Burned alive on 18 November 1619 before a crowd of 20,000 at Nishizaka, Nagaski, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Venerated

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

Biography

Blessed Andreas Murayama Tokuan, also known as Andrew Toukan, was a devout layman and a member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. He was born in Nagasaki and lived during a time of intense persecution of Christians in Japan.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1867-05-07 by 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
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