Peter Shichiemon
child martyr at Nagasaki
Feast: 11 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Gaspar Koteda, catechist, and the children Francis Takeya and Peter Shichiemon, who, in the same place and with the same firmness as their fathers, who had undergone martyrdom the day before, were themselves also put to death for Christ by beheading.
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 11 September as a child beheaded at Nagasaki with the same firmness as his father, who had been martyred the day before.
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
- Francis Takeya Blessed“At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Gaspar Koteda, catechist, and the children Francis Takeya and Peter Shichiemon, who, in the same place and with the same firmness as their fathers, who had undergone martyrdom the day before, were themselves also put to death for Christ by beheading.” — this site's research
- Kacper Koteda Blessed“Gaspar Koteda, a catechist, was beheaded at Nagasaki with the boys Francis Takeya and Peter Shichiemon, the day after their fathers had been martyred.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.