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Blessed Franciscus Takeya

11 September
10 September as one of the 205 Martyrs of Japan

Profile

Son of Blessed Cosmas Takeya Sozaburo and Blessed Agnes Takeya in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Martyred at age 12.

Born

1610 in Nagasaki, Japan

beheaded on 11 September 1622 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan

26 February 1866 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Additional Information

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Franciscus Takeya“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 February 2022. Web. 30 April 2024. <>