Saint Thomas Hioji Nishi Rokuzaemon
Also known as
Father Thomas of Saint Hyacinth
Profile
Dominican missionary priest, first Formosa and then Japan. Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Tokugawa Yemitsu.
Born
1590 in Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan
Died
17 November 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
Canonized
18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II
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