Saint Gaius Francis
- Also known as
- Caius Francis
- Memorial
- 6 February
- Profile
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Japanese soldier.
Convert.
Franciscan tertiary.
When soldiers came to arrest the friars, he insisted he was a Christian, too.
They took him, as well.
One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.
- Born
- Japanese
- 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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