Saint Antony Deynan

Also known as

• Antony Dainan
• Antony Deynan
• Anthony…
• Antonius…

Memorial

• 6 February

Profile

Son of a Chinese father and Japanese mother. Altar boy. Educated by the Jesuits in Nagasaki and the Franciscans in Osaka. Franciscan tertiary. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki at age 13.

Born

• c.1583 at Nagasaki, Japan

Died

• crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified

• 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII

Canonized

• 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Antony Deynan”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 August 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-antony-deynan/>