Peter Onizuka Sandayu
Jesuit religious and martyr at Shimabara
Feast: 1 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Peter Paul Navarro, priest, Denis Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake in hatred of the Christian faith.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 November as a Jesuit religious burned at the stake at Shimabara in hatred of the Christian faith.
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.
Connected on this site
- Clement Kyuemon Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Peter Paul Navarro, priest, Denis Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake in hatred of the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Denis Fujishima Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Peter Paul Navarro, priest, Denis Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake in hatred of the Christian faith.” — this site's research
- Pietro Paolo Navarro Blessed“At Shimabara in Japan, Blesseds Pietro Paolo Navarro, priest, Dionysius Fujishima and Peter Onizuka Sandayu, religious, of the Society of Jesus, and Clement Kyuemon, martyrs, burned at the stake out of hatred of the Christian faith.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.