Saint Michael Kozaki

Also known as

• Michael Cozaki
• Michael Kasaki

Memorial

• 6 February

Profile

Married lay man. Father of Saint Thomas Kozaki. Bow maker and carpenter. Already a Christian with the Franciscans started their missionary work in his area, he joined as a Secular Franciscan, and worked with them as a catechist, and as a nurse in their hospital. Helped to build convents and churches in Kyoto and Osaka. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born

• c.1551 at Ise, Mie, Japan

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Michael Kozaki”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 July 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-michael-kozaki/>