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Magdalene of Nagasaki
Japanese saint
SaintFull write-upTokugawa shogunateAugustiniansPost-1588
Feast: 28 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1611
Died
1634
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Saint Magdalene, virgin and martyr, strong in spirit both in promoting the faith and in enduring for thirteen days the torment of the gallows under the emperor Iemitsu.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 15 October as a virgin and martyr who endured the gallows for thirteen days at Nagasaki.
Connected on this site
- Lorenzo Ruiz Saint“Lorenzo was martyred in Japan on 29 September 1637, with fifteen companions, all linked to the Dominicans: nine Japanese, four Spaniards, a Frenchman and an Italian, priests, religious and lay people, among them Magdalene of Nagasaki and Marina of Omura.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3269307 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Magdalene of Nagasaki (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.