Blessed Melchior Kumagai Motonao
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 16
Died
August 16, 1605
Beatified
24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
Biography
Blessed Melchior Kumagai Motonao was a married layman from the diocese of Hiroshima, Japan. He was born around 1554 in Miiri, Aki, Kochi, Japan. Melchior's life was marked by his unwavering commitment to his Catholic faith during a tumultuous period of persecution against Christians in Japan.
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