Saint Susanna Cobioje

Also known as: Susanna Kobioje; Susanna Coboio
Memorial: 12 July
Profile: Married to Blessed Peter Araki Cobioje. Japanese authorities tried to shame her out of her faith by hanging her naked by her hair in a tree for eight hours; it didn't work. She was imprisoned, and then martyred six months later.
Born: Japanese
Died: beheaded in 1628 at Nagasaki, Japan
Name Meaning: lily (Susanna)
Beatified: 1867
Canonized: pending
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