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Blessed Balthasar Kagayama Hanzaemon

Blessed

Feast Day

October 15

Died

October 15, 1619

Beatified

24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

Biography

Blessed Balthasar Kagayama Hanzaemon was a married layman who lived in the diocese of Fukuoka, Japan during the 16th century. He is best known as the father of Blessed Iacobus of Hiji and for his martyrdom.

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