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Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia
Dominican priest (1589-1633)
SaintFull write-upSpainDominican OrderPost-1588
Feast: 14 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1589
Died
1633
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, the holy martyrs Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia, priest of the Order of Preachers, and Francis Shoyemon, novice in the same Order and catechist, killed out of hatred for the name of Christ under the supreme commander Tokugawa Iemitsu.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 14 August as a Dominican priest killed at Nagasaki out of hatred for the name of Christ.
Connected on this site
- Alfonso Navarrete Blessed“His example quickly became an inspiration to later missionaries to Japan from the Order of Preachers such as canonised saints Giordano Ansalone, Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia, Guillaume Courtet, and Lorenzo Ruiz.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3103212 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.