Jerome de Angelis

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Jerome de Angelis

Born1567
Castro-Giovanni, Kingdom of Sicily, Spanish Empire
Died4 December 1623(1623-12-04) (aged 55–56)
Edo, Tokugawa shogunate
Cause of deathExecution by burning during the Great Martyrdom of Edo
Beatified7 July 1867 by Pope Pius IX
PatronageEnna

Jerome de Angelis (Italian: Girolamo degli Angeli, 1567 – 4 December 1623) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to Japan. He was beatified in 1867.[1]

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). Japan's Hidden Christians, 1549–1999. p. 44.