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Blessed Petrus Hattori

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

11 January; 1 July (Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan)

Born

C.1604 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan

Died

11 January 1609 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan

Beatified

24 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification celebrated at the Nagasaki Prefectural Baseball Park (Big N Stadium), Nagasaki, Japan, presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins

Venerated

1 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree on martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Petrus Hattori, a young Christian martyr of Japan, is remembered for his steadfast faith in the face of persecution. Born into a family of Christian witnesses,


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