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Japanese Martyrs
Sites with information about the martyrs of Japan.Entries
Japanese Martyrs http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09744a.htm
The most famous of the Japanese martyrs are the 26 who were crucified in Nagasaki in 1597, but thousands of other Japanese died for the faith between 1560 and 1860. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia outlines their heroism.
The Martyrs of Japan http://www.cin.org/saints/paulmiki.html
Hagiography in Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints covers not only the 26 martyrs of Nagasaki, but also those who suffered before and after them.
The Blessed Japanese Martyrs http://www.irondequoitcatholic.org/index.php/Main/BlessedJapaneseMartyrs/
Short essay on the "great martyrdom" of 1622, in Nagasaki. Pope Bl. Pius IX beatified over 200 of its victims, most of them lay people.
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Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki On February 5, 1597, twenty-six Catholics were crucified at Nagasaki. They are remembered in the liturgy as St. Paul Miki and Companions.
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