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James Kisai

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Saint
James Kisai
SJ
Statue of Kisai in Okayama Catholic Church in Okayama, Japan
Jesuit and Martyr
Bornc. 1534[1]
Tsudaka District, Bizen Province (now within Okayama Prefecture)
Died5 February 1597[2] (aged 62/63)
Nagasaki, Japan
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
BeatifiedSeptember 14, 1627 by Pope Urban VIII
CanonizedJune 8, 1862[3] by Pope Pius IX
Feast6 February
PatronageJapan

James Kisai, SJ, also known as Diego Kisai (ディエゴ喜斎)[4] or Jacobo Kisai,[5] was a Japanese Jesuit lay brother and saint, one of the 26 Martyrs of Japan.[6]

Out of the 26, Kisai, Paul Miki, and John Soan de Goto were the only Jesuits to be executed in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597.

Biography

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James Kisai was born as Ichikawa Kisaemon (市川喜佐衛門).[7]

As a lay catechist intending to join the Society of Jesus, he was imprisoned along with 23 other Catholics in December 1596 in the aftermath of the pivotal San Felipe incident.[8] While he was in prison, Kisai and a fellow lay catechist John Soan de Goto gave their vows to Jesuit fathers John Rodriguez and Francis Pasia to enter the Jesuit order.[9] Shortly after, Kisai and the other imprisoned Catholics were forced to take a land journey during the winter time from Sakai to Nagasaki. Kisai and the others would eventually reach Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki,[10] where they were crucified and lanced to death on February 5, 1597.[8][11]

References

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  1. ^ "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説". Kotobank (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ^ コトバンク-喜斎ディエゴとは
  3. ^ Jennes, Joseph (1973). A History of the Catholic Church in Japan, from Its Beginnings to the Early Meiji Era (1549-1873): A Short Handbook. Tokyo: Oriens Institute for Religious Research. p. 245. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ Molinari, Paolo (1974). Companions of Jesus: Spiritual Profiles of the Jesuit Saints and Beati. Translated by Edmund Dignam; Joseph Gill; Charles Hand; Hugh Kay; Nicholas King; Michael McMorrow; Anthony Nye; Paul Symonds. English Province of the Society of Jesus. p. 49. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. ^ de Lucena, Afonso (1972). Erinnerungen aus der Christenheit von Ōmura (in German). Translated by Josef Franz Schütte. Rome: Institutum historicum S.I. p. 193. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. ^ "St. James Kisai, martyr of Nagasaki, Japan with Paul Miki". Catholic News Agency. EWTN News, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. ^ Dewey, R. S., ed. (1889). The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs, Volume 5. Philadelphia, PA: Messenger of the Sacred Heart. p. 110.
  8. ^ a b Murdoch, James; Yamagata, Isoh (1903). A History of Japan: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse (1542-1651). Kobe, Japan: Kobe Chronicle.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Nicholas (November 1862). "Rome on the Day of Pentecost". The Dublin Review. Vol. LII. Thomas Richardson and Son. p. 55. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Site of the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan". Discover Nagasaki. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  11. ^ "St. Paul Miki and the 26 Martyrs of Japan, feast day Feb. 6". Catholic News Herald. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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