Memorial
Saints Paul Miki and Companions
- Feast day
- February 06
- Patron of
- Japan
- Origin
- Japanese
Life
Paul Miki was a Japanese Jesuit seminarian who, along with twenty-five companions, was crucified at Nagasaki in 1597, becoming the first martyrs of the Far East to be canonized.
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