A Lesson for the West: The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki - http://www.adoremus.org/999-NagHitch.html
Article by James Hitchcock on the martyrs, and the unexpected survival of Christianity in Japan despite persecution. |
St. Paul Miki - http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1069
Brief profile of St. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs. Crucified in Nagasaki. |
St. Paul Miki and Companions - http://www.tntt.org/vni/tlieu/saints/St0206.htm
The story of the martyrs of Nagasaki. Suitable for children. |
Sts. Peter Baptist and Twenty-Five Companions - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11755b.htm
Crucified in Nagasaki, 1597. Twenty-three of the martyrs were Franciscans, and St. Peter Baptist was considered their leader. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
The Martyrs' Hill Nagasaki - http://pweb.sophia.ac.jp/britto/xavier/yuki/yukidiego01.pdf
Illustrated booklet by Diego R. Yuki, Director of the 26 Martyrs' Museum. Account of the martyrdom, profiles of each of the martyrs, Pope John Paul II's speech at the monument to the martyrs in Nagasaki. |