Inès Takeya
Japanese Roman Catholic martyr
Feast: 10 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blesseds Sebastian Kimura, of the Society of Jesus, Francis Morales, of the Order of Preachers, priests, and fifty companions, martyrs, who, priests, religious, married couples, young people, catechists, widows and children, died for Christ on a hill before a great crowd amid cruel tortures. Among those named is Blessed Agnes (Inès) Takeya, widow of Blessed Cosmas Takeya.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 10 September among the martyrs of Nagasaki, as the widow of Blessed Cosmas Takeya.
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
- Cosmas Takeya Sozaburō Blessed Spouse“Takeya was married to another Catholic layperson, Cosmas Takeya Sozaburō, another Korean who had been similarly enslaved and taken to Japan.” — Wikipedia
- Cosmas Takeya Saint“Among those named is Blessed Agnes (Inès) Takeya, widow of Blessed Cosmas Takeya.” — this site's research
- Charles Spinola Blessed“They were beheaded, with Charles Spinola and companions, during the "Great Genna Martyrdom" at Nagasaki.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 10 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3153986 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agnes Takeya (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.