June 1st

Blessed Alphonsus Navarrete and Companions, Martyrs of Japan

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Ōmura, Japan · d. 1617

At Ōmura in Japan, the blessed martyrs Alphonsus Navarrete, of the Order of Preachers, and Ferdinand of Saint Joseph de Ayala, of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, priests, and Leo Tanaka, religious of the Society of Jesus, who in hatred of the Christian faith were beheaded together by edict of the supreme ruler Hidetada.

Latin Original

Omürz in Iapónia, beatórum mártyrum Alphónsi Navarrete, ex Ordine Praedicatórum, Ferdinándi a Sancto Ioseph de Ayala, ex Ordine Eremitárum Sancti Augustini, presbyterórum, et Leónis T’anaka, religiósi e Societáte Iesu, qui in ódium fidei christiánze ex edícto suprémi ducis Hidetada simul decolláti sunt.