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Kumagai Motonao

Christian samurai and martyr

Blessed

Born

1555

Died

1605

Beatified

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not on record

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Military commander.

The miracles

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

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.

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Sources

Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi — 188 Japanese martyrs — 'Melchiorre Kumagai Buzen no Kami Motonao, noble samurai, beheaded 16 August 1605', beatified at Nagasaki 24 November 2008.
Wikidata Q11568711 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.