Blessed Jerome de Angelis | |
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Born | 1567 Castro-Giovanni, Kingdom of Sicily, Spanish Empire |
Died | 4 December 1623 Edo, Tokugawa shogunate | (aged 55–56)
Cause of death | Execution by burning during the Great Martyrdom of Edo |
Beatified | 7 July 1867 by Pope Pius IX |
Patronage | Enna |
Jerome de Angelis (Italian: Girolamo degli Angeli, 1567 – 4 December 1623) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to Japan. He was beatified in 1867.[1]