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The 26 Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本二十六聖人, Hepburn: Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan .
Hung up on 26 crosses with chains and ropes, the Christians were lanced to death in front of a large crowd on Nishizaka Hill. Saint Paul Miki is said to have preached to the crowd from his cross. The main theme inherent in both the museum and monument is "The Way to Nagasaki" – symbolising not only the physical trek to Nagasaki but also the ...
The Martyrs of Japan (Japanese: 日本の殉教者, Hepburn: Nihon no junkyōsha) were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century. The Japanese saw the rituals of the Christians causing people to pray, close their eyes with the sign of the cross and lock ...
All of the martyrs were beatified on 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII and canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1862. When religious freedom was reestablished in Japan under Meiji Restoration in 1868, about 30,000 members of the underground Kakure Kirishitan or "Hidden Christian" church came out of hiding.
Pages in category "26 Martyrs of Japan" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
26 Martyrs of Japan (12 P) I. Ignatius of Loyola ... Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala; ... John of the Cross; John the Hairy;
Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror "Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs; Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake; Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529; Felix Manz, 1527; Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr ...
26 Martyrs of Japan: 26 Roman Catholics who were executed by crucifixion at Nagasaki in 1597. 205 Martyrs of Japan : 205 Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed for their faith in Japan, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century.