Saint Paul Suzuki

[Martyrs of Nagasaki]
Memorial
6 February
Profile
Convert, baptized by the Jesuits in 1584. Franciscan tertiary. Catechist. In charge of Saint Joseph's hospital in Kyoto. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki. Preached from the cross in his last minutes.
Born
1563 at Owari, 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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