Caspar Nishi Genka and Comps (BB)
d. 1609. He was a married lay catechist of the diocese of Nagasaki, and was martyred at Ikitsuki in Nagasaki together with his wife and son, Ursula Nishi and John Nishi Mataishi. They were...
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d. 1609. He was a married lay catechist of the diocese of Nagasaki, and was martyred at Ikitsuki in Nagasaki together with his wife and son, Ursula Nishi and John Nishi Mataishi. They were beatified in 2008. Cf. Japan, Martyrs of.
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Caspar Nishi Genka and Comps (BB)
Life
d. 1609. He was a married lay catechist of the diocese of Nagasaki, and was martyred at Ikitsuki in Nagasaki together with his wife and son, Ursula Nishi and John Nishi Mataishi. They were beatified in 2008. Cf. Japan, Martyrs of.
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