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St Paul Miki and Companions are also known as Martyrs of Nagasaki.

They were twenty-six Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries and Japanese converts who were crucified together on February 5 1597 at Tateyama (Hill of Wheat), Nagasaki, Japan by order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

We celebrate their feast day on February 6 every year in the Catholic Church.

St Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Biography
Date of Birth1562 AD
Place of BirthJapan
ProfessionRoman Catholic Japanese Jesuit seminarian
Place of WorkJapan
Date of DeathFebruary 5 1597
Place of DeathNagasaki, Japan
Feast DayFebruary 6
BeatificationBy Pope Urban VIII on September 14 1627
CanonizationBy Pope Pius IX on June 8 1862
Patron Saint ofJapan

St Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Life History

Paulo Miki was born into a wealthy Japanese family.

He was the son of a Japanese military leader. Born in Tounucumada, Japan, he was St Paul Miki and Companions | Lives of Saints | SDC FYC