Blessed Melchor Sánchez Pérez
Also known as: Father Melchor of Saint Augustine
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
11 December; 28 September as one of the Augustinian Martyrs of Japan
Born
1599 in Granada, Spain
Died
Burned alive on 11 December 1632 in Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II
Venerated
28 November 1988 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Melchor Sánchez Pérez, also known as Father Melchor of Saint Augustine, was an Augustinian Recollect priest and martyr. He was born in 1599 in Granada, Spain.
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