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Luis Ibaraki
one of 26 Martyrs of Japan
Feast: 5 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本二十六聖人, Hepburn: Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan.
Summary of the Wikipedia article 26 Martyrs of Japan, which covers Luis Ibaraki with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Paul Ibaraki Saint Relative
- Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan Saint honoured together
- Wikidata Q12900859 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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