Blessed Andreas Murayama Tokuan
Also known as
Andrew Toukan
Profile
Layman member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Arrested for sheltering missionaries. He was offered his freedom if he would deny Christianity; he declined. Martyr.
Born
Nagasaki, Japan
Died
burned alive on 18 November 1619 before a crowd of 20,000 at Nishizaka, Nagaski, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
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