Saint Francis of Nagasaki
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- Also known as
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Francis of Miyako
Francis of Miako
- 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
- at Miyako, 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
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