
Beato Santiago de Hiji
Día de Fiesta
15 October; 1 July (Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan)
Nacimiento
C.1615 in Hiji, Oita, Japan
Fallecimiento
15 October 1619 in Hiji, Oita, Japan
Beatificado
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
Venerado
1 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree on martyrdom)
Biografía
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
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