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Maria, wife of Gaspar Vaz
martyr at Nagasaki
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Feast: 27 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Francis of Saint Mary, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, and fourteen companions, martyrs, who suffered martyrdom in hatred of the name of Christ by order of the prefect of the city, Kawachi Dono.
Among those named is Blessed Maria, wife of Blessed Gaspar Vaz.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 27 August among the fourteen companions of Blessed Francis of Saint Mary martyred at Nagasaki in hatred of the name of Christ.
Connected on this site
- Francis of Saint Mary Blessed“At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Francis of Saint Mary, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, and fourteen companions, martyrs, who suffered martyrdom in hatred of the name of Christ by order of the prefect of the city, Kawachi Dono.” — this site's research
- Gaspar Vaz Blessed“Among those named is Blessed Maria, wife of Blessed Gaspar Vaz.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Ref0376be — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.