Luis Flores
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, the Blessed martyrs Luis Flores, priest of the Order of Preachers, Pedro de Zúñiga, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, and thirteen Japanese sailor companions, who, having landed in the port and been immediately arrested because of their Christian faith, after various tortures all underwent a single martyrdom together.
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 August as a Dominican priest martyred at Nagasaki.
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
- Joachim Hirayama Blessed“Joachim Hirayama, also called Diaz, was one of the thirteen Japanese sailors who, with Blessed Luis Flores and Blessed Pedro de Zúñiga, were arrested for their faith as soon as they landed at Nagasaki and, after various torments, were martyred together.” — this site's research
- Pedro de Zúñiga y Velasco Blessed“With the Dominican Blessed Luis Flores and thirteen Japanese sailors he was arrested as soon as they landed at Nagasaki, and after various torments they were all martyred together.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 19 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q63430730 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.