Mary, wife of Anthony the Korean
martyr at Nagasaki
Feast: 10 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Sebastian Kimura, of the Society of Jesus, and Francis Morales, of the Order of Preachers, priests, and fifty companions, martyrs, who, priests, religious, married couples, young people, catechists, widows and children, died for Christ on a hill before a great crowd amid cruel tortures.
Among those named is Blessed Mary, wife of Anthony the Korean.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 10 September among the fifty-two who died for Christ on a hill at Nagasaki, before a great crowd and amid cruel tortures.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.