205 Martyrs of Japan | |
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 Painting of the Nagasaki Martyrs | |
| Martyrs | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Japan |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Church Lutheran Church |
| Beatified | 7 July 1867, Vatican City by Pope Pius IX |
| Feast | 10 September |
The 205 Martyrs of Japan (日本の殉教者, Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed for their faith in Japan, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century.
A number of the figures were ethnic Koreans who were kidnapped, enslaved, and brought to Japan after the Japanese invasions of Korea.[1]
- ^ De Sousa 2019, p. 122.