Feast February 6
Saint James Kisai
Martyr, patron of Japan · Feast February 6
Biography
James Kisai, SJ, also known as Diego Kisai (ディエゴ喜斎) or Jacobo Kisai, was a Japanese Jesuit lay brother and saint, one of the 26 Martyrs of Japan.
Feast day
February 6
Patronage
- Japan
Birth date
c. 1534
Death date
5 February 1597 (aged 62/63)
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
June 8, 1862
Canonized by
Pope Pius IX
Feast month
2
Wikidata qid
Q4221957
Feast day of month
6