Saint Antony Deynan

[Martyrs of Nagasaki holy card]
Also known as
Anthony Dainan
Anthony Deynan
Memorial
6 February
Profile
Son of a Chinese father and Japanese mother. Altar boy. Educated by the Jesuits in Nagasaki and the Franciscans in Osaka. Franciscan tertiary. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki at age 13.
Born
c.1583 at Nagasaki, Japan
Died
crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized
8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX
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