Saint Martin of the Ascension
- Born
- 1566, Beasain, Guipúzcoa, Spain
- Died
- 5 February 1597, Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan (martyr; aged 30)
- Era
- Martyrs of Japan (1597)
Short verified facts only. No public-domain biography of this martyr is available, so no narrative is given.
One of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, crucified at Nagasaki on 5 February 1597.
Facts
- Name: Martín de la Ascensión Loinaz Amunabarro, O.F.M. Disc.
- Born: 1566, Beasain, Guipúzcoa, Spain
- Died: 5 February 1597, Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan (martyr; aged 30)
- State of life: Priest of the Discalced Franciscans (O.F.M. Disc.)
- Beatified: 14 September 1627
- Canonized: 8 June 1862, by Pope Pius IX
- Feast: 6 February
From the Roman Martyrology
Roman Martyrology (English translation, Baltimore, 1916), 5 February:
In the kingdom of Japan, the passion of twenty-six martyrs, who, by being crucified for the Catholic faith, and pierced with lances, gloriously died in praising God and preaching that same faith. Pius IX. canonized them in 1862.
Sources
- GCatholic.org, saint record: Saint Martín de la Ascensión Loinaz Amunabarro, O.F.M. Disc.. https://gcatholic.org/saints/data/saints-MARK#65577 (accessed 2 October 2026)
- The Roman Martyrology, published by order of Gregory XIII, revised by Urban VIII and Clement X, augmented and corrected by Benedict XIV; translated from the Latin (Rome, 1914 edition) under the Archbishop of Baltimore. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. Public domain. Entry for 5 February. https://archive.org/details/romanmartyrology00cathuoft (Transcribed from the archive.org scan text of the 1916 Baltimore edition; obvious OCR misreadings corrected, original misprints kept and marked [sic].)