Patronage
Patron Saint of Japanese Christians
The Catholic Church venerates St. Magdalena of Nagasaki as the patron saint of Japanese Christians. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Magdalena of Nagasaki
Feast: October 15“A Japanese Augustinian tertiary who was martyred during the brutal persecution of Christians in 17th-century Japan.”
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