Blessed Balthasar Uchibori

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

21-Feb

Born

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 Balthasar Uchibori, a devoted layman of the Archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan, is commemorated as a martyr of the Christian faith. Born into a family deeply rooted in the nascent Church of Japan, he was the son of the Blessed Paulus Uchibori Sakuemon and the brother of the Blessed Antonius Uchibori and the Blessed Ignatius Uchibori. His life unfolded during a period of intense persecution for Christians in Japan, particularly under the Tokugawa shogunate’s suppression of the faith.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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

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