Michael Nakashima
Feast: 25 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The 205 Martyrs of Japan (日本の殉教者, Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed for their faith in Japan, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century.
Summary of the Wikipedia article 205 Martyrs of Japan, which covers Michael Nakashima with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni — BeatoMichele Nakashima — BeatoMichele Nakashima — Religioso gesuita, martire — Nakashima, Giappone, 1583 circa - Unzen, Giappone, 25 dicembre 1628 — feast 25 dicembre
- Wikidata Q2263611 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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