Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia
Dominican priest (1589-1633)
Feast: 14 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia (c. 1589 – August 14, 1633) was a Spanish Dominican priest and missionary. After teaching at the Colegio de Santo Tomas in Manila, he went to Japan in 1623, where he ministered incognito to the Catholic community for about ten years. Betrayed by an apostate, he was captured and executed. His feast day is 28 September.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Alfonso Navarrete Blessed“His example quickly became an inspiration to later missionaries to Japan from the Order of Preachers such as canonised saints Giordano Ansalone, Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia, Guillaume Courtet, and Lorenzo Ruiz.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q3103212 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia (CC BY-SA)
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