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James Kisai
one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan
SaintJapanSociety of JesusPost-1588
Feast: 6 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1533
Died
1597
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
James Kisai, SJ, also known as Diego Kisai (ディエゴ喜斎) or Jacobo Kisai, was a Japanese Jesuit lay brother and saint, one of the 26 Martyrs of 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
- Paul Miki Saint“Out of the 26, Kisai, Paul Miki, and John Soan de Goto were the only Jesuits to be executed in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - Paolo Miki, Pietro Battista Blasquez e 24 Compagni — "I loro nomi sono: Paolo Miki...Giacomo Kisai, religiosi della Compagnia di Gesu"; crucified at Nagasaki 5 February 1597, memorial 6 February. Butler's Lives also has "St James Kisai".
- Wikidata Q4221957 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — James Kisai (CC BY-SA)
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