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Blessed Cosmas Takeya Sozaburo

18 November

Profile

Layman member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary in the archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan. Married to Blessed Agnes Takeya; father of Franciscus Takeya. Martyr.

Born

in Korea

burned alive on 18 November 1619 before a crowd of 20,000 at Nishizaka, Nagaski, Japan

26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Additional Information

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Cosmas Takeya Sozaburo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 December 2022. Web. 25 April 2024. <>