Paul Miki was a Jesuit novice, about 33 years old, who was one of the 26 Martyrs of Japan, a group of Roman Catholic men and boys who were executed by crucifixion in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597. He is said to have preached a sermon before dying on his cross, affirming his Jesuit affiliation and Japanese birth and expressing happiness to die for his faith. Like the rest of the martyrs, Miki was declared a saint in 1862.
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