Blessed Augustine Ota

Also known as

• Augustinus Ota

Memorial

• 25 September

Profile

Worked as a catechist, helping Jesuit missionaries. Imprisoned at Ikinoshima for his faith. While imprisoned, he was received into the Jesuits. Martyr.

Born

• 1572 in Ojika, Goto-retto, Nagasaki, Japan

Died

• beheaded 10 August 1622 at Ikinoshima, Japan

Venerated

• 26 February 1866 Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Augustine, 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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Augustine Ota”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 November 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-augustine-ota/>