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Blessed Iacobus Of Hiji

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

15 October; 1 July (Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan)

Born

C.1615 in Hiji, Oita, Japan

Died

15 October 1619 in Hiji, Oita, Japan

Beatified

24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification celebrated at the Nagasaki Prefectural Baseball Park (Big N Stadium), Nagasaki, Japan, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

Venerated

1 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree on martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Iacobus Of Hiji, a young martyr of the Catholic Church in Japan, is remembered for his steadfast faith in the face of persecution. Born in the diocese of Fukuoka, he was the son of Blessed Balthasar Kagayama Hanzaemon, a fellow martyr and venerated figure within the Japanese Catholic community. As a youth, Iacobus lived during a period of intense anti-Christian edicts, when adher

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2008-11-24 by 24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification celebrated at the Nagasaki Prefectural Baseball Park (Big N Stadium), Nagasaki, Japan, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

Feast Days

October 15July 1
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