September 3rd

Blessed Bartholomew Gutiérrez and Companions, Martyrs of Japan

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Nagasaki, Japan · d. 1632

At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Bartholomew Gutiérrez, priest of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, and five companions, martyrs, who, in hatred of the Christian faith, were first plunged into boiling sulphurous waters and then handed over to the fire.

Their names: the blessed priests Vincent Carvalho and Francis Terrero, of the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine; Antony Ishida, of the Society of Jesus; Jerome Jo; and Gabriel of the Magdalen, a religious of the Order of Friars Minor.

Latin Original

Nagasákii in Iapónia, beatórum Bartholomái Gutiérrez, presbyteri ex Ordine Eremitárum Sancti Augustíni, et quinque sociórum,* ^ Quorum nomina: beati presbyteri Vincentius Carvalho et Franciscus ‘Terrero, ex Ordine Eremitarum Sancti Augustini; Antonius Ishida, e Societate lesu; Hieronymus Jo; Gabriel a Magdalena, religiosus ex Ordine Fratrum Minorum. mártyrum, qui 1n ódium fidei christiánze in aquas sulphüreas fervéntes primum immérsi sunt, deínde igni tráditi.