Directory of Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki Resources

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On February 5, 1597, twenty-six Catholics were crucified at Nagasaki. They are remembered in the liturgy as St. Paul Miki and Companions.

Subcategories

• St. Gonsalo Garcia
• St. James Kisai
• St. Paul Miki
• St. Peter Baptist
• St. Philip of Jesus

Resources in This Category

• A Lesson for the West: The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki

  http://www.adoremus.org/999-NagHitch.html
  Article by James Hitchcock on the martyrs, and the unexpected survival of Christianity in Japan despite persecution.

• St. Paul Miki

  http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1069
  Brief profile of St. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs. Crucified in Nagasaki.

• St. Paul Miki and Companions

  http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/0206.asp
  The story of the martyrs of Nagasaki. Suitable for children.

• Sts. Peter Baptist and Twenty-Five Companions

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11755b.htm
  Crucified in Nagasaki, 1597. Twenty-three of the martyrs were Franciscans, and St. Peter Baptist was considered their leader. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• The Martyrs' Hill Nagasaki

  http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/britto/xavier/yuki/yukidiego01.pdf
  Illustrated booklet by Diego R. Yuki, Director of the 26 Martyrs' Museum. Account of the martyrdom, profiles of each of the martyrs, Pope John Paul II's speech at the monument to the martyrs in Nagasaki.

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