Saint Bonaventure of Miyako

Also known as

• Bonaventure of Maeco
• Bonaventure of Miako

Memorial

• 6 February

Profile

Baptized as an infant, his mother died when he was a baby, and his step-mother sent him to be raised in a Buddhist monastery. When he was judged old enough, he was told about his background. To learn more, he visited the Franciscan convent at Kyoto. There he found a peace he had been looking for, and stayed to become a Franciscan tertiary. Catechist. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• at Kyoto, 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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bonaventure of Miyako”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 September 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bonaventure-of-miyako/>