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Blessed Melchior Kumagai Motonao

Blessed

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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