Blessed Cosmas Takeya Sozaburo
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Layman member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Married to Blessed Agnes Takeya; father of Franciscus Takeya. Martyr.
Born
in Korea
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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