João Baptista Machado
Jesuit missionary and martyr
Feast: 22 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the city of Kōri in Japan, Blesseds Pedro de la Asunción, of the Order of Friars Minor, and João Baptista Machado, priests and martyrs, who, for having exercised their ministry in secret, were beheaded out of hatred for the Christian 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 22 May as a priest beheaded at Kōri in Japan for exercising his ministry in secret.
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
- Pedro de la Asunción Blessed“In the city of Kōri in Japan, Blesseds Pedro de la Asunción, of the Order of Friars Minor, and João Baptista Machado, priests and martyrs, who, for having exercised their ministry in secret, were beheaded out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 22 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q10311121 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.