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Painting of The Martyred Hashimoto Family Date And Artist Unknown
Painting of The Martyred Hashimoto Family Date And Artist Unknown

Martyrs of Kyoto

Saint
Martyr
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

October 6

Died

October 6, 1619

Beatified

24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI

Biography

The Martyrs of Kyoto, also known collectively as the "Fifty-two Japanese lay people," were a group of devout individuals who were martyred together during one of the government-sponsored persecutions of Christians in Japan....