James Kisai
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Saint
James Kisai SJ |
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Statue of Kisai in
Okayama Catholic Church
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Okayama
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Jesuit and Martyr | |
Born |
c. 1534
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Tsudaka District , Bizen Province (now within Okayama Prefecture ) |
Died |
5 February 1597
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(aged 62/63)
Nagasaki , Japan |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | September 14, 1627 by Pope Urban VIII |
Canonized | June 8, 1862 [3] by Pope Pius IX |
Feast | 6 February |
Patronage | Japan |
James Kisai , SJ, also known as Diego Kisai ( ディエゴ喜斎 ) [4] or Jacobo Kisai , [5] was a Japanese Jesuit lay brother and saint , one of the 26 Martyrs of Japan . [6]
Out of the 26, Kisai, Paul Miki , and John Soan de Goto were the only Jesuits to be executed in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597.
Biography
James Kisai was born as Ichikawa Kisaemon (市川喜佐衛門). [7]
As a lay catechist intending to join the Society of Jesus , he was imprisoned along with 23 other Catholics in December 1596 in the aftermath of the pivotal San Felipe incident . [8] While he was in prison, Kisai and a fellow lay catechist John Soan de Goto gave their vows to Jesuit fathers John Rodriguez and Francis Pasia to enter the Jesuit order. [9] Shortly after, Kisai and the other imprisoned Catholics were forced to take a land journey during the winter time from Sakai to Nagasaki . Kisai and the others would eventually reach Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki, [10] where they were crucified and lanced to death on February 5, 1597. [8] [11]
References
- ↑ "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説" . Kotobank (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company . Archived from the original on 3 June 2015 . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
- ↑ コトバンク-喜斎ディエゴとは
- ↑ Jennes, Joseph (1973). A History of the Catholic Church in Japan, from Its Beginnings to the Early Meiji Era (1549-1873): A Short Handbook . Tokyo : Oriens Institute for Religious Research. p. 245 . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
- ↑ Molinari, Paolo (1974). Companions of Jesus: Spiritual Profiles of the Jesuit Saints and Beati . Translated by Edmund Dignam; Joseph Gill; Charles Hand; Hugh Kay; Nicholas King; Michael McMorrow; Anthony Nye; Paul Symonds. English Province of the Society of Jesus. p. 49 . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
- ↑ de Lucena, Afonso (1972). Erinnerungen aus der Christenheit von Ōmura (in German). Translated by Josef Franz Schütte. Rome: Institutum historicum S.I. p. 193 . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
- ↑ "St. James Kisai, martyr of Nagasaki, Japan with Paul Miki" . Catholic News Agency . EWTN News, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020 . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
- ↑ Dewey, R. S., ed. (1889). The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs, Volume 5 . Philadelphia , PA: Messenger of the Sacred Heart . p. 110.
- 1 2 Murdoch, James ; Yamagata, Isoh (1903). A History of Japan: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse (1542-1651) . Kobe, Japan: Kobe Chronicle.
- ↑ Wiseman, Nicholas (November 1862). "Rome on the Day of Pentecost". The Dublin Review. Vol. LII . Thomas Richardson and Son. p. 55 . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
- ↑ "Site of the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan" . Discover Nagasaki . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
- ↑ "St. Paul Miki and the 26 Martyrs of Japan, feast day Feb. 6" . Catholic News Herald . 23 May 2016 . Retrieved 26 February 2020 .
External links
- Profile , catholic.org
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