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Blessed Melchior Kumagai Motonao

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

16 August; 1 July (Diocese of Hiroshima, Japan)

Born

C.1554 in Miiri, Aki, Kochi, Japan

Died

16 August 1605 in Hagi, Yamaguchi, 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 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.

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

August 16July 1
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