Mancio Araki
Japanese layman, martyr at Shimabara
Who they were
The Roman Martyrology for 8 July records that at Shimabara in Japan, Blessed Mancio Araki, a martyr, was thrown into prison for taking the priest Blessed Francisco Pacheco into his house, and died there worn away by consumption.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was imprisoned for sheltering a priest in his house and died there of consumption.
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
- Francisco Pacheco Blessed“The Roman Martyrology for 8 July records that at Shimabara in Japan, Blessed Mancio Araki, a martyr, was thrown into prison for taking the priest Blessed Francisco Pacheco into his house, and died there worn away by consumption.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.