Blessed Andrew Sushinda

Also known as

• Andreas Yoshida
• Andrew Gioscinda

Memorial

• 1 October
• 10 September (one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan)

Profile

Layman in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan who sheltered Dominican missionaries. Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. Marytr.

Born

• Japanese

Died

• 1 October 1617 at Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

• 26 February 1866 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Alexiuss, contact
     Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan
     2-10-10 Shiomi Koto-ku
     Tokyo 135-8585, JAPAN

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Life of the Blessed Charles Spinola, by Joseph Broeckaert, SJ
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Andrew Sushinda”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 October 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-andrew-sushinda/>