Saint Francis of Nagasaki

Also known as

• Francis of Miyako
• Francis of Miako
• Franciscus of….

Memorial

• 6 February

Profile

Physician. Adult convert to Catholicism by Franciscan missionaries. Even before his conversion he carried a set of rosary beads. Franciscan tertiary. Catechist and preacher. Worked with the sick, treating them for free, and bringing religious teaching to those who were interested. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• 1548 at Miyako, Japan

Died

• crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), 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 of Nagasaki“. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 February 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>