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John of Goto
one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan
SaintJapanSociety of JesusPost-1588
Feast: 6 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1578
Died
1597
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Missionary, catechist, Catholic theologian; born in Goto; died in Nagasaki.
The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q4202499 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.