Monica Naisen
Beatified Japanese person
Feast: 12 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Matthias Araki and seven companions, martyrs, who suffered martyrdom for Christ.
Among those named is Blessed Monica Naisen, wife of John Nagai Naisen.
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 12 July among the companions of Blessed Matthias Araki, martyred for Christ at Nagasaki.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 12 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6900028 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Monica Naisen (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.