Francisco Gálvez
Spanish missionary
Feast: 4 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Edo in Japan, the blessed martyrs Francisco Gálvez, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, Girolamo de Angelis, priest, and Simon Yempo, religious, both of the Society of Jesus, burned at the stake out of hatred for the faith.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 4 December as a Franciscan priest burned at the stake at Edo out of hatred for the faith.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Girolamo de Angelis Blessed“At Edo in Japan, the blessed martyrs Francisco Gálvez, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, Girolamo de Angelis, priest, and Simon Yempo, religious, both of the Society of Jesus, burned at the stake out of hatred for the faith.” — this site's research
- Simon Yempo Blessed“At Edo in Japan, the blessed martyrs Francisco Gálvez, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, Girolamo de Angelis, priest, and Simon Yempo, religious, both of the Society of Jesus, burned at the stake out of hatred for the faith.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 4 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q24953450 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.