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Blessed Ferdinand Ayala

Blessed Ferdinand Ayala Also known as

Ferdinand of Saint Joseph Ayala
Fernando Ayala
Fernando of Saint Joseph
Hernando Ayala
Hernando of Saint Joseph

1 June
28 September as one of the Augustinian Martyrs of Japan

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Augustinian priest in 1603. Missionary to Mexico. Missionary to Japan. Augustinian vicar provincial in 1605. Worked with Blessed Alphonsus Navarette. Martyr.

Born

1575 in Ballesteros de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain

beheaded on 1 June 1617 in Koguchi, Omura, Nagasaki, Japan

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

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Additional Information

Life of the Blessed Charles Spinola, by Joseph Broeckaert, SJ
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online
- Hagiography Circle

images
- Santi e Beati

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

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

MLA Citation

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