Saint Peter Sukejiroo
![[Martyrs of Nagasaki]](nagasaki.jpg "17kb jpg holy card of the Martyrs of Nagasaki")
- Also known as
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Peter Sukejiro
Peter Xukexico
Peter Shukeshiko
- Memorial
- 6 February
- Profile
- Franciscan tertiary.
Catechist.
House servant and sacristan to the Franciscan missionaries.
Arrested for his faith in Kyoto while ministering to imprisoned fellow Christians.
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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