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Francisco Blanco
martyr
SaintSpainOrder of Friars MinorPost-1588
Feast: 6 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1570
Died
1597
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Francisco Blanco, OFM was a Spanish Catholic Franciscan missionary and martyr, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖人 Nihon Nijūroku Seijin). He is revered as a saint by the Catholic Church, particularly in Japan.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan Saint honoured together
- Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan Saint“Francisco Blanco, OFM was a Spanish Catholic Franciscan missionary and martyr, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖人 Nihon Nijūroku Seijin).” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 6 February (Martyrs of Japan) — "The Franciscans were St Peter Baptist... St Francis Blanco..." crucified at Nagasaki 1597; canonised 1862, feast 6 February.
- Wikidata Q9262258 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Francisco Blanco (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.