Blessed Iacobus of Hiji

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