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Louis Maki

martyr burned at Nagasaki

BlessedFull write-up

Feast: 7 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Thomas Tsuji, priest of the Society of Jesus, Louis Maki and his son John, condemned to the stake 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 7 September as one of those condemned to the stake at Nagasaki out of hatred for the Christian faith.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Connected on this site

  • John Maki Blessed
    “At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Thomas Tsuji, priest of the Society of Jesus, Louis Maki and his son John, condemned to the stake out of hatred for the Christian faith.” — this site's research
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