Saint Francis Blanco

Also known as

• Francisco Blanco

Memorial

• 6 February

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Studied at Salamanca, Spain. Alcantarine Franciscan monk. Evangelist in Mexico, Philippines, and Japan. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• c.1567 at Monterey, Spanish Galacia

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
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Francis Blanco“. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 February 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <>