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Giovanni di Santa Marta
Franciscan priest, martyr in Japan
BlessedFull write-up
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A priest of the Order of Friars Minor who, as he was being led to execution at Kyoto in Japan, preached to the people and sang the psalm 'Praise the Lord, all you peoples'.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology records that he preached and sang a psalm on the way to his execution.
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.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.