Blessed Thomas Mitsuishi
Feast Day
11 January; 1 July (Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan)
Born
C.1597 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 Michaôl Mitsuishi Hikoemon, also known as Thomas Mitsuishi, was a devoted Catholic layman who lived in the diocese of Fukuoka, Japan during the 16th and 17th centuries. Born in approximately 1559 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan, little is known about his early life. However, it is believed that he was a married man and the father of Blessed Thomas Mitsuishi, who would also go on to become a martyr.
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