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Thomas of Zumárraga
Spanish beatified missionary
BlessedSpainDominican Order
Feast: 12 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1577
Died
1622
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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Who they were
Thomas of Zumárraga and Lazcano (Spanish: Tomás de Zumárraga y Lazcano; 9 March 1577 – 12 September 1622) was a Spanish Dominican friar, Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr of Japan. He was beatified in May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q20030905 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Thomas of Zumárraga (CC BY-SA)
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