Michael Kizayemon
martyr at Nagasaki
Feast: 27 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Francis of Saint Mary, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, and fourteen companions, martyrs, who suffered martyrdom in hatred of the name of Christ by order of the prefect of the city, Kawachi Dono.
Among those named is Blessed Michael Kizayemon.
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 27 August among the fourteen companions of Blessed Francis of Saint Mary martyred at Nagasaki in hatred of the name of Christ.
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
- Francis of Saint Mary Blessed“At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Francis of Saint Mary, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, and fourteen companions, martyrs, who suffered martyrdom in hatred of the name of Christ by order of the prefect of the city, Kawachi Dono.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.