FRANCIS of Saint Michael ✝️ (1544-1597) - Saint, Brother, Martyred by Japan

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Franciscan martyr of Japan. Born in Parilla, Spain, he was a Franciscan lay brother sent to Manila, in the Philippines. In 1593, he accompanied St. Peter Baptist to Japan. After three years he was arrested at Osaka, Japan, with St. Peter Baptist and twenty-four others.They were crucified near Nagasaki on February 5. He was canonized in 1862 as a Martyr of Japan.