Franciszek od Jezusa Terrero de Ortega Pérez
Spanish missionary
Feast: 3 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Bartholomew Gutiérrez, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, and five companions, martyrs, who out of hatred of the Christian faith were first plunged into boiling sulphurous waters and then burned at the stake. Among those named is Blessed Franciszek od Jezusa Terrero de Ortega Pérez, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine.
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 3 September among the martyrs of Nagasaki plunged into boiling sulphurous waters and then burned out of hatred of 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.
- Roman Martyrology, 3 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20028844 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.