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{{Infobox saint
{{Infobox saint
| name = Saint James Kisai
| name = Saint<br>James Kisai<br>SJ
| birth_date = c. 1534<ref>{{cite web|title=デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/喜斎ディエゴ-1068960|website=Kotobank|publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603211552/https://kotobank.jp/word/喜斎ディエゴ-1068960|archivedate=3 June 2015|language=Japanese|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_date = c. 1534<ref>{{cite web|title=デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/喜斎ディエゴ-1068960|website=Kotobank|publisher=[[The Asahi Shimbun Company]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603211552/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%96%9C%E6%96%8E%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4-1068960|archive-date=3 June 2015|language=ja|url-status=dead|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>
| death_date = 5 February 1597<ref>[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%96%9C%E6%96%8E%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4-1068960 コトバンク-喜斎ディエゴとは]</ref> (aged 62/63)
| death_date = 5 February 1597<ref>[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%96%9C%E6%96%8E%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4-1068960 コトバンク-喜斎ディエゴとは]</ref> (aged 62/63)
| feast_day = 6 February
| feast_day = 6 February
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| beatified_place =
| beatified_place =
| beatified_by = [[Pope Urban VIII]]
| beatified_by = [[Pope Urban VIII]]
| canonized_date = June 8, 1862<ref name="Handbook">{{cite book|last=Jennes|first=Joseph|title=A History of the Catholic Church in Japan, from Its Beginnings to the Early Meiji Era (1549-1873): A Short Handbook|date=1973|publisher=Oriens Institute for Religious Research|location=[[Tokyo]]|page=245|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=txjZAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref>
| canonized_date = June 8, 1862<ref name="Handbook">{{cite book|last=Jennes|first=Joseph|title=A History of the Catholic Church in Japan, from Its Beginnings to the Early Meiji Era (1549-1873): A Short Handbook|date=1973|publisher=Oriens Institute for Religious Research|location=[[Tokyo]]|page=245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txjZAAAAMAAJ|access-date=26 February 2020}}</ref>
| canonized_place =
| canonized_place =
| canonized_by = [[Pope Pius IX]]
| canonized_by = [[Pope Pius IX]]
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| patronage = [[Japan]]
| patronage = [[Japan]]
}}
}}
'''James Kisai''', also known as {{nihongo|'''Diego Kisai'''|ディエゴ喜斎}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Molinari|first=Paolo|title=Companions of Jesus: Spiritual Profiles of the Jesuit Saints and Beati |date=1974|publisher=English Province of the Society of Jesus|page=49|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=GIo7AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=26 February 2020|translator1=Edmund Dignam|translator2=Joseph Gill|translator3=Charles Hand|translator4=Hugh Kay|translator5=Nicholas King|translator6=Michael McMorrow|translator7=Anthony Nye|translator8=Paul Symonds}}</ref> or '''Jacobo Kisai''',<ref>{{cite book|last=de Lucena|first=Afonso|title=Erinnerungen aus der Christenheit von Ōmura|date=1972|publisher=Institutum historicum S.I.|location=Rome|page=193|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=f50cAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=26 February 2020|language=German|translator=Josef Franz Schütte}}</ref> was a Japanese [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[lay brother]] and [[saint]], one of the [[26 Martyrs of Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=St. James Kisai, martyr of Nagasaki, Japan with Paul Miki|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/martyrology_entry.php?n=596|website=[[Catholic News Agency]]|publisher=[[EWTN|EWTN News, Inc.]]|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref>
'''James Kisai''', SJ, also known as {{nihongo|'''Diego Kisai'''|ディエゴ喜斎}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Molinari|first=Paolo|title=Companions of Jesus: Spiritual Profiles of the Jesuit Saints and Beati |date=1974|publisher=English Province of the Society of Jesus|page=49|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIo7AAAAIAAJ|access-date=26 February 2020|translator1=Edmund Dignam|translator2=Joseph Gill|translator3=Charles Hand|translator4=Hugh Kay|translator5=Nicholas King|translator6=Michael McMorrow|translator7=Anthony Nye|translator8=Paul Symonds}}</ref> or '''Jacobo Kisai''',<ref>{{cite book|last=de Lucena|first=Afonso|title=Erinnerungen aus der Christenheit von Ōmura|date=1972|publisher=Institutum historicum S.I.|location=Rome|page=193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f50cAAAAMAAJ|access-date=26 February 2020|language=de|translator=Josef Franz Schütte}}</ref> was a Japanese [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[lay brother]] and [[saint]], one of the [[26 Martyrs of Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=St. James Kisai, martyr of Nagasaki, Japan with Paul Miki|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/martyrology_entry.php?n=596|website=[[Catholic News Agency]]|publisher=[[EWTN|EWTN News, Inc.]]|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=22 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522111240/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/martyrology_entry.php?n=596|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Out of the 26, Kisai, [[Paulo Miki|Paul Miki]], and [[John Soan de Goto]] were the only Jesuits to be executed in [[Nagasaki]] on February 5, 1597.
Out of the 26, Kisai, [[Paulo Miki|Paul Miki]], and [[John Soan de Goto]] were the only Jesuits to be executed in [[Nagasaki]] on February 5, 1597.


==Biography==
==Biography==
James Kisai was born as '''Ichikawa Kisaemon''' (市川喜佐衛門).<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Dewey|editor-first=R. S.|title=The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs, Volume 5|date=1889|publisher=[[Messenger of the Sacred Heart]]|location=[[Philadelphia]], PA|page=110|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=QbIOAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>
James Kisai was born as '''Ichikawa Kisaemon''' (市川喜佐衛門).<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Dewey|editor-first=R. S.|title=The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs, Volume 5|date=1889|publisher=[[Messenger of the Sacred Heart]]|location=[[Philadelphia]], PA|page=110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbIOAAAAIAAJ}}</ref>


As a lay [[Catholic catechesis|catechist]] intending to join the [[Society of Jesus]], he was imprisoned along with 23 other Catholics in December 1596 in the aftermath of the pivotal [[San Felipe incident (1596)|''San Felipe'' incident]].<ref name="Century">{{cite book|last1=Murdoch|first1=James|last2=Yamagata|first2=Isoh|authorlink1=James Murdoch (Scottish journalist)|title=A History of Japan: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse (1542-1651)|year=1903|publisher=Kobe Chronicle|location=Kobe, Japan|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan02murd_0|ref=harv}}</ref> While he was in prison, Kisai and a fellow lay catechist John Soan de Goto gave their vows to Jesuit fathers John Rodriguez and Francis Pasia to enter the Jesuit order.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wiseman|first=Nicholas|authorlink=Nicholas Wiseman|title=The Dublin Review. Vol. LII.|date=November 1862|publisher=Thomas Richardson and Son|page=55|url=https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=CtMsAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=26 February 2020|chapter=Rome on the Day of Pentecost}}</ref> Shortly after, Kisai and the other imprisoned Catholics were forced to take a land journey during the winter time from [[Sakai]] to [[Nagasaki]]. Kisai and the others would eventually reach Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki,<ref>{{cite web|title=Site of the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan|url=https://www.discover-nagasaki.com/spots/detail/208/|website=Discover Nagasaki|accessdate=26 February 2020}}</ref> where they were crucified and [[Lance|lanced]] to death on February 5, 1597.<ref name="Century"/><ref>{{cite news|title=St. Paul Miki and the 26 Martyrs of Japan, feast day Feb. 6|url=http://catholicnewsherald.com/faith/180-news/faith/faith-feb/152-st-paul-miki-and-the-26-martyrs-of-japan-feast-day-feb-6|accessdate=26 February 2020|work=[[Catholic News Herald]]|date=23 May 2016}}</ref>
As a lay [[Catholic catechesis|catechist]] intending to join the [[Society of Jesus]], he was imprisoned along with 23 other Catholics in December 1596 in the aftermath of the pivotal [[San Felipe incident (1596)|''San Felipe'' incident]].<ref name="Century">{{cite book|last1=Murdoch|first1=James|last2=Yamagata|first2=Isoh|author-link1=James Murdoch (Scottish journalist)|title=A History of Japan: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse (1542-1651)|year=1903|publisher=Kobe Chronicle|location=Kobe, Japan|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan02murd_0}}</ref> While he was in prison, Kisai and a fellow lay catechist John Soan de Goto gave their vows to Jesuit fathers John Rodriguez and Francis Pasia to enter the Jesuit order.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wiseman|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Wiseman|title=The Dublin Review. Vol. LII.|date=November 1862|publisher=Thomas Richardson and Son|page=55|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CtMsAQAAIAAJ|access-date=26 February 2020|chapter=Rome on the Day of Pentecost}}</ref> Shortly after, Kisai and the other imprisoned Catholics were forced to take a land journey during the winter time from [[Sakai]] to [[Nagasaki]]. Kisai and the others would eventually reach Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki,<ref>{{cite web|title=Site of the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan|url=https://www.discover-nagasaki.com/spots/detail/208/|website=Discover Nagasaki|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226170443/https://www.discover-nagasaki.com/spots/detail/208/|url-status=dead}}</ref> where they were crucified and [[Lance|lanced]] to death on February 5, 1597.<ref name="Century"/><ref>{{cite news|title=St. Paul Miki and the 26 Martyrs of Japan, feast day Feb. 6|url=http://catholicnewsherald.com/faith/180-news/faith/faith-feb/152-st-paul-miki-and-the-26-martyrs-of-japan-feast-day-feb-6|access-date=26 February 2020|work=[[Catholic News Herald]]|date=23 May 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Jesuit martyrs]]
[[Category:Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan]]
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Latest revision as of 04:42, 20 June 2024

Saint
James Kisai
SJ
Statue of Kisai in Okayama Catholic Church in Okayama, Japan
Jesuit and Martyr
Bornc. 1534[1]
Tsudaka District, Bizen Province (now within Okayama Prefecture)
Died5 February 1597[2] (aged 62/63)
Nagasaki, Japan
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
BeatifiedSeptember 14, 1627 by Pope Urban VIII
CanonizedJune 8, 1862[3] by Pope Pius IX
Feast6 February
PatronageJapan

James Kisai, SJ, also known as Diego Kisai (ディエゴ喜斎)[4] or Jacobo Kisai,[5] was a Japanese Jesuit lay brother and saint, one of the 26 Martyrs of Japan.[6]

Out of the 26, Kisai, Paul Miki, and John Soan de Goto were the only Jesuits to be executed in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597.

Biography

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James Kisai was born as Ichikawa Kisaemon (市川喜佐衛門).[7]

As a lay catechist intending to join the Society of Jesus, he was imprisoned along with 23 other Catholics in December 1596 in the aftermath of the pivotal San Felipe incident.[8] While he was in prison, Kisai and a fellow lay catechist John Soan de Goto gave their vows to Jesuit fathers John Rodriguez and Francis Pasia to enter the Jesuit order.[9] Shortly after, Kisai and the other imprisoned Catholics were forced to take a land journey during the winter time from Sakai to Nagasaki. Kisai and the others would eventually reach Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki,[10] where they were crucified and lanced to death on February 5, 1597.[8][11]

References

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  1. ^ "デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説". Kotobank (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ^ コトバンク-喜斎ディエゴとは
  3. ^ Jennes, Joseph (1973). A History of the Catholic Church in Japan, from Its Beginnings to the Early Meiji Era (1549-1873): A Short Handbook. Tokyo: Oriens Institute for Religious Research. p. 245. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ^ Molinari, Paolo (1974). Companions of Jesus: Spiritual Profiles of the Jesuit Saints and Beati. Translated by Edmund Dignam; Joseph Gill; Charles Hand; Hugh Kay; Nicholas King; Michael McMorrow; Anthony Nye; Paul Symonds. English Province of the Society of Jesus. p. 49. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. ^ de Lucena, Afonso (1972). Erinnerungen aus der Christenheit von Ōmura (in German). Translated by Josef Franz Schütte. Rome: Institutum historicum S.I. p. 193. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. ^ "St. James Kisai, martyr of Nagasaki, Japan with Paul Miki". Catholic News Agency. EWTN News, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. ^ Dewey, R. S., ed. (1889). The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs, Volume 5. Philadelphia, PA: Messenger of the Sacred Heart. p. 110.
  8. ^ a b Murdoch, James; Yamagata, Isoh (1903). A History of Japan: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse (1542-1651). Kobe, Japan: Kobe Chronicle.
  9. ^ Wiseman, Nicholas (November 1862). "Rome on the Day of Pentecost". The Dublin Review. Vol. LII. Thomas Richardson and Son. p. 55. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Site of the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan". Discover Nagasaki. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  11. ^ "St. Paul Miki and the 26 Martyrs of Japan, feast day Feb. 6". Catholic News Herald. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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