Gaspar Hikojiro

Who they were

At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Gaspare Hikojiro and Andrea Yoshida, catechists, were beheaded for having received priests into their houses.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

He was beheaded at Nagasaki for having sheltered priests.

Connected on this site

• Andrzej Yoshida Blessed
  “Andrew Yoshida and Gaspar Hikojiro were catechists at Nagasaki, beheaded for having taken priests into their homes.” — this site's research