August 14th

Saint Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia and Francis Shoyemon, Martyrs of Nagasaki

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Nagasaki, Japan · d. 1633

At Nagasaki in Japan, the holy martyrs Dominic Ibáñez de Erquicia, priest of the Order of Preachers, and Francis Shoyemon, a novice catechist of the same Order, who were put to death in hatred of the Christian name under the supreme ruler Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Latin Original

Nagasákii in Iapónia, sanctórum mártyrum Dominici Ibátez de Erquicia, presbyteri ex Ordine Przedicatórum, et Francísci Shoyemon, novítii in eódem Ordine catechístze, qui in ódium nómuinis christiáni sub suprémo duce ‘Tokugawa Yemitsu interfécti sunt.