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Monica Naisen
Beatified Japanese person
BlessedResearched
Feast: 12 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1650
Died
1626
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Matthias Araki and seven companions, martyrs, who suffered martyrdom for Christ.
Among those named is Blessed Monica Naisen, wife of John Nagai Naisen.
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 12 July among the companions of Blessed Matthias Araki, martyred for Christ at Nagasaki.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6900028 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Monica Naisen (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.