John of Saint Dominic Martinez
Dominican priest and martyr at Suzuta
Feast: 19 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Suzuta in Japan, Blessed John of Saint Dominic Martínez, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who died in prison for Christ.
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 19 May as a priest of the Order of Preachers who died in prison for Christ at Suzuta in Japan.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.