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Saint Guillermo Courtet

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions Also known as

Guillaume
Vilhelm
William
Thomas of Saint Dominic

29 September

Profile

Dominican priest. Missionary to Japan. Arrested for his faith in Okinawa, and martyred soon after.

Born

c.1590 in Sérignan, Languedoc, France

29 September 1637 at Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan

11 October 1980 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

18 February 1981 by Pope John Paul II

18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

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
- Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Saint Guillermo Courtet“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 June 2023. Web. 2 May 2024. <>