26 Martyrs of Japan
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The 26 Martyrs of Japan were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on 5 February 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Chur
Statue of Philip of Jesus in the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, Mexico
Kakure Kirishitan
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Kakure Kirishitan is a modern term for a member of the Catholic Church in Japan who went underground at the start of the Edo period in the early 17th century due to Christianity's repression by the To
26 Martyrs of Japan
…executed. By 1630, Catholicism had been driven underground. When Christian missionaries returned to Japan 250 years later, they found a community of "hidden Catholics" that had survived underground. On 15 August 1549, the Jesuit fathers Francis Xavier (later canonized by Gregory XV in 1622), Cosme de Torres, and Juan…
The Bodhisattva Kannon as the Virgin Mary, Tokyo National Museum.