Paolo Onizuka Magoyemon
Samurai, martyr in Japan
Who they were
Paolo Onizuka Magoyemon is named among the 188 martyrs of Japan beatified on 24 November 2008 by Benedict XVI. The Dicastery's list records him as a samurai of about 47, killed on 17 May 1627 after several days of torture.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A samurai tortured for several days and then killed for the faith in 1627.
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.