Marina of Omura

Marina of Omura
Saint
Died11 November 1634
Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan
Cause of deathburned at the stake
Canonized18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II
Major shrineNakamachi Church
Feast28 September

Marina of Omura (Japanese: 大村のマリナ, romanized: Ōmura no Marina; died 11 November 1634) was a Japanese Dominican tertiary who sheltered Roman Catholic missionaries. She is one of the 16 Martyrs of Japan.

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