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Augustine Ota
Jesuit religious and martyr at Iki
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Feast: 10 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the city of Iki in Japan, Blessed Augustine Ota, religious of the Society of Jesus and martyr, beheaded for Christ.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 August as a Jesuit religious beheaded for Christ in the city of Iki in Japan.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rbd89cd96 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.