Blessed Domingos Jorge
Also known as
Dominic Jorjes
Profile
Soldier. Immigrant to Japan. Layman. Member of the Confraternity of the Rosary. Arrested for hiding the Christian missionary Blessed John Spinola during a persecution of the faith. Martyr.
Born
San Román, Aguiar de Sousa, Porto, Portugal
Died
burned alive on 18 November 1619 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
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