Saint Francisco of Saint Michael

Also known as

• Francisco Andrade Arco
• Francis….

Memorial

• 6 February

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Franciscan layman. Missionary to Phillipines and Japan. Arrested in Osaka with Saint Peter Baptist in 1596. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• c.1544 at La Parilla, Spain (near Valladolid)

Died

• crucified on 5 February 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), 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 Francisco of Saint Michael“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 February 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>