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Peter Onizuka Sandayu
Jesuit religious and martyr at Shimabara
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Feast: 1 November (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 Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Peter Paul Navarro, priest, Denis Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake in hatred of the Christian faith.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 November as a Jesuit religious burned at the stake at Shimabara in hatred of the Christian faith.
Connected on this site
- Clement Kyuemon Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Peter Paul Navarro, priest, Denis Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake in hatred of the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Denis Fujishima Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Peter Paul Navarro, priest, Denis Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake in hatred of the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Pietro Paolo Navarro Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Pietro Paolo Navarro, priest, Dionysius Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake out of hatred of the Christian faith.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rf72390af — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.