Pietro Paolo Navarro
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 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.
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 priest burned at Shimabara out of hatred of the 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 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
- Peter Onizuka Sandayu 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
- Roman Martyrology, 1 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3904136 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.