Pedro de Zúñiga y Velasco
Feast: 19 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Pedro de Zúñiga was a priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine. With the Dominican Blessed Luis Flores and thirteen Japanese sailors he was arrested as soon as they landed at Nagasaki, and after various torments they were all martyred together. The Holy See names him among the leaders of the 205 martyrs of Japan.
He is one of the 205 martyrs killed in Japan for the Catholic faith between 1617 and 1632 whom Pius IX declared Blessed on 7 July 1867.
The miracles
In 1867 Pius IX approved four signs in the cause of the 205 martyrs of Japan; the source does not describe them.
Why that counted as sanctity
An Augustinian missionary named among the leaders of the 205 martyrs.
The cause
Pedro de Zúñiga y Velasco has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Augustinians: the cause of Pedro de Zuniga.
Connected on this site
- Luis Flores Blessed“With the Dominican Blessed Luis Flores and thirteen Japanese sailors he was arrested as soon as they landed at Nagasaki, and after various torments they were all martyred together.” — this site's research
- Conferenza Episcopale Italiana - Santo del giorno, 19 agosto (Martirologio Romano)
- Acta Sanctae Sedis 2 (1867), pp. 478-481 and 638-641 - decrees of Pius IX on the 205 martyrs of Japan (1617-1632)
- Directorio Franciscano (Franciscan Order, Spain) - Beatos Ricardo de Santa Ana y compañeros, mártires de Japón (beatification of the 205 on 7 July 1867)
- Wikidata Q6070649 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.