Paolo Uchibori Sakuyemon
Samurai, martyr in Japan
Who they were
Paolo Uchibori Sakuyemon is named among the 188 martyrs of Japan beatified on 24 November 2008 by Benedict XVI. The Dicastery's list records him as a noble samurai of 47, killed on 28 February 1627, his whole family having been killed a week earlier on 21 February 1627.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A samurai killed for the faith in 1627, a week after his whole family.
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.