Francis Takeya

Who they were

At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Gaspar Koteda, catechist, and the children Francis Takeya and Peter Shichiemon, who, in the same place and with the same firmness as their fathers, who had undergone martyrdom the day before, were themselves also put to death for Christ by beheading.

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 11 September as a child beheaded at Nagasaki with the same firmness as his father, who had been martyred the day before.

Connected on this site

• Kacper Koteda Blessed
  “Gaspar Koteda, a catechist, was beheaded at Nagasaki with the boys Francis Takeya and Peter Shichiemon, the day after their fathers had been martyred.” — this site's research
• Peter Shichiemon Blessed
  “At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Gaspar Koteda, catechist, and the children Francis Takeya and Peter Shichiemon, who, in the same place and with the same firmness as their fathers, who had undergone martyrdom the day before, were themselves also put to death for Christ by beheading.” — this site's research