Friday, December 20, 2013

SAINT THOMAS DANKI

St. Thomas Danki




Feast day: February 6
Died: 1597


Japanese martyr. A native layman, he entered the Franciscans as a tertiary and served as an interpreter for the Franciscan missionaries in Japan until arrested by authorities and crucified at Nagasaki with twenty-five other companions. He was canonized in 1886 and is counted as one of the companions of St. Paul Miki.

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