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Beato Santiago de Hiji

Beato
Post-Congregation

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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