Blessed Antonius Uchibori

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

21-Feb

Born

C.1609 in Fukae, Nagasaki, Japan

Died

21 February 1627 in Shimabara, Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

Venerated

1 July 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Antonius Uchibori was a teenaged layman born around 1609 in Fukae, Nagasaki, Japan. He was the son of Blessed Paulus Uchibori Sakuemon and the brother of Blessed Balthasar Uchibori and Blessed Ignatius Uchibori.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2008-11-24 by 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

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