Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga
| Saint Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María | |
|---|---|
| Born |
c.1582 Kuidetsu, Ōmura Domain, Hizen Province (modern Ōmura, Nagasaki), Japan |
| Died |
17 August 1633 Nagasaki, Hizen Province, Japan |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 18 February 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 18 October 1987, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Binondo Church in Binondo, Manila, Philippines |
| Feast | 17 August |
Saint Fr. Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María (Japanese: ヤコボ・デ・サンタ・マリア朝長五郎兵衛, Yakobo de Santa Maria Tomonaga Gorōbyōe; c. 1582 – August 17, 1633) was a Japanese Dominican.
Life
Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga was born in Kuidetsu (part of modern Ōmura, Nagasaki), Japan. In his youth, he dedicated himself to the catechism apostolate. After 1614, he came to Manila and sought reception into the Dominican Order. His request was granted. He was ordained a priest in 1626 and returned to Japan in 1632.[1]
After one year of difficult apostolate in the midst of dangers, privations and sufferings, his hiding place was discovered by the authorities through the revelations of his own catechist, Matthew Kohioye. Arrested in July 1633, he was tortured by the gallows and the pit on August 15, 1633, and died two days later. His body was cremated and the ashes thrown into the sea.
References
Sources
- Lorenzo de Manila, The Proto-Martyr of The Philippines and his Companions - Fr. Fidel Villaroel, O.P., 1988