Saint Cosmas Takeya

Also known as

• Zaquira Tachegia

Memorial

• 6 February

Profile

Sword maker. Convert to Christianity, brought into the faith by Jesuit missionaries. Lay Franciscan tertiary. Interpreter for the missionaries. Catechist for the Franciscans. Preached in Osaka. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• at Owari, Japan

Died

• crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nishizaka, 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 Cosmas Takeya”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 October 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cosmas-takeya/>