Gonsalo Garcia

Saint

Gonsalo Garcia

O.F.M.
St Gonsalo Garcia of Bassein
Born1556/1557
Bassein (Baçaim), Portuguese India
Deccan Sultanates
Died5 February 1597(1597-02-05) (aged 40)
Nagasaki, Japan
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII
Canonized8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX
Major shrineSt. Gonsalo Garcia Church
Gass, Vasai, India
Feast6 February (along with other martyrs), 7 February (in India)
Patronage

Gonsalo Garcia, O.F.M. (Portuguese: Gonçalo Garcia; 1556 – 5 February 1597) was a lay brother of the Franciscans from Portuguese Bombay and Bassein in early modern India. He died at the hands of the 16th-century Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan and was canonised along with his companions, the 26 Martyrs of Japan.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.