Michele Kusuriya
Pharmacist, martyr in Japan
Who they were
Michele Kusuriya is named among the 188 martyrs of Japan beatified on 24 November 2008 by Benedict XVI. The Dicastery's list records him as a pharmacist and provisor of the Confraternity of Mercy, burned alive on 28 July 1633, going to his martyrdom singing “Laudate Dominum”.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A pharmacist who was burned alive in 1633, singing “Laudate Dominum” as he went to his death.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 188-martiri-giapponesi
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 24 November 2008
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.