Blessed Baltasar de Torres Arias
- 20 June
- 4 February as one of the Jesuit Martyrs of Japan
Profile
Born
- 14 December 1563 in Granada, Spain
- burned alive on 20 June 1626 in Nagasaki, Japan
- ashes thrown into the sea and no relics remain
- 26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Baltasar de Torres Arias“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 June 2017. Web. 29 April 2024. <>