September 8th

Blessed Antony of Saint Bonaventure and Companions, Martyrs of Nagasaki

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Nagasaki, Japan · d. 1628

At Nagasaki in Japan, the blessed martyrs Antony of Saint Bonaventure, of the Order of Friars Minor, and Dominic Castellet, of the Order of Preachers, priests, together with twenty companions, the rest of whom were laypeople, including many children, who all underwent martyrdom for Christ either by the sword or by fire.

Latin Original

Nagasákii in Iapónia, beatórum Antónii a Sancto Bonavéntura, ex Ordine Fratrum Minórum, Dominici Castellet, ex Ordine Pradicatórum, presbyterórum, et vigínti sociórum,/ mártyrum, quorum céteri láici et plures infántes, qui omnes vel per ensem vel per ignem pro Christo martyrium subiérunt.