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Also known as

• Giacomo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga
• Iacobus of Saint Mary
• Iacobus Tomonaga Gorobyoe
• Jakob Kyushei Gorubioye Tomanga

Memorial

• 17 August

Profile

Catechist. Joined the Dominicans in Manila, Philippines. Ordained in 1626, he returned to Japan as a missionary and to minister to covert Catholics during a period of persecution. Worked with Saint Michaël Kurobyoe. Arrested in July 1633 for spreading Christianity, he was tortured and executed.

Born

• 1582 in Kyudetsu, Nagasaki, Japan

Died

• 17 August 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan
• body cremated, ashes thrown into the sea

Venerated

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

Beatified

• 18 February 1981 by Pope John Paul II at Manila, Philippines

Canonized

• 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy

Additional Information

• other sites in english
  • Catholic Online
  • 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 Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 June 2023. Web. 16 November 2024. <>