September 15th

Blessed Camillus Costanzo

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Hirado, Japan · d. 1622

In the city of Hirado in Japan, Blessed Camillus Costanzo, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who, ordered by the supreme ruler Hidetada to be burned by fire, did not cease to preach Christ even upon the pyre itself.

Latin Original

In urbe Hirado in Iapónia, beáti Camílli Costanzo, presbyteri e Societáte [esu et mártyris, qui, a suprémo duce Hidetada iussus igne combüri, in ipso rogo Christum prazedicáre non cessávit.