St. Gaius Francis

Will was a rather obscure Japanese warrior saint named St. Gaius Francis for All Saint's Day. This is a classic case of trying to find a saint to match a costume! There are saints for EVERY kind of person, believe me, including St. Gaius Francis, who was a ninja-like warrior!

Not much is known about him, but this is what I found:

Feastday: Febuary 6
1597

Martyr of Japan. He was a baptized Japanese military man and a Franciscan tertiary. When priests were arrested, Gaius demanded that he also be imprisoned for the faith. He was crucified with his fellow Christians at Nagasaki.

Also known as Caius Francis

Memorial 6 February

Profile Japanese soldier. Convert. Franciscan tertiary. When soldiers came to arrest the friars, he insisted he was a Christian, too. They took him, as well. One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.

Born Japanese

Died crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan

Beatified 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII

Canonized 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX