Description
"BORN in Takayama village, in Toyono-cho, Toyono-gun, Osaka Prefecture, the Martyr of Christ, Justus Ukon Takayama (1552-1615), a Catholic layman of heroic virtue who was considered a pillar of the early Church of Japan, died in Intramuros, Manila on February 3, 1615 ? only 44 days after he was exiled to Manila for refusing to abjure his Catholic faith. In 1630, a petition was presented to the Vatican by the Archdiocese of Manila for Takayama?s beatification. His Cause was revived at the Vatican in 1963 ? with the Japanese Bishops in charge. The Takayama process was crowned with Beatification in Osaka on February 7, 2017.
Learn more here: https://takayamaukon.com/"
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