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{{short description|Japanese saint}}
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|honorific_prefix= [[Canonization|Saint]]
|name= [[Saint]]<br> Magdalene of Nagasaki
|name= Magdalene of Nagasaki
|honorific_suffix=[[Order of Augustinian Recollects|OAR]]
|image=Rc con cevang ps pospa img magdaleneofnagasaki.jpg
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|caption=
|caption=
|titles= [[Martyr]]
|titles= Patron of the Secular Augustinian Recollect Fraternity
Companions of Saint [[Lorenzo Ruiz]] de Manila
|birth_date= 1611
|birth_date= 1611
|birth_place= [[Nagasaki]], [[Tokugawa Shogunate]]
|birth_place= [[Nagasaki]], [[Tokugawa Shogunate]]
|death_date= 15 October {{death year and age|1634|1611}}
|death_date= 15 October {{death year and age|1634|1611}}
|death_place= [[Nagasaki]], [[Tokugawa Shogunate]]
|death_place= [[Nagasaki]], [[Tokugawa Shogunate]]
|feast_day= September 28 ([[General Roman Calendar]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawrence Ruiz, et al. |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19871018_ruiz-compagni_en.html |author=Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations |date=October 18, 1987 |website=vatican.va |access-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref>)<br /> October 20 (Augustinian Calendar<ref>{{cite web|title=Liturgical Calendar. |url=https://oadnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Calendario-2021-English.pdf |author=Order of the Discalced Augustinians |date=2022 |website=oadnet.org |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref>)
|feast_day=October 20
|venerated_in=[[Catholic Church]]
|venerated_in=[[Catholic Church]]
|beatified_date=February 18, 1981
|beatified_date=18 February, 1981
|beatified_place= [[Manila, Philippines]]
|beatified_place= [[Manila, Philippines]]
|beatified_by= [[Pope John Paul II]]
|beatified_by= [[Pope John Paul II]]
|canonized_date= October 18, 1987
|canonized_date= 18 October, 1987
|canonized_place= St. Peter's Basilica, [[Vatican City]]
|canonized_place= [[St. Peter's Basilica]]
|canonized_by= [[Pope John Paul II]]
|canonized_by= [[Pope John Paul II]]
|major_shrine= Binondo Church in [[Binondo, Manila]], [[Philippines]]
|major_shrine= [[Binondo Church| Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions]] in [[Binondo, Manila]], [[Philippines]]
|attributes=
|attributes= Palm, Augustinian habit (without the typical nun hair net, since she was a lay sister), books
|patronage= [[Secular Augustinian Recollect]]s
|patronage=
|issues= Augustinian and Dominican tertiary.
|issues=
|suppressed_date=
|suppressed_date=
|prayer=
|prayer=
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[[File:SanSebastianCathedraljf8747 12.JPG|thumb|Magdalene of Nagasaki ([[Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila]])]]
[[File:SanSebastianCathedraljf8747 12.JPG|thumb|Magdalene of Nagasaki ([[Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila]])]]
{{nihongo|'''Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki '''|長崎のマグダレナ|Nagasaki no Magudarena}} was a Japanese Christian born in 1611 as the daughter of a [[Kirishitan|Christian]] couple martyred about 1620. With the arrival of the [[Augustinians|Augustinian Order]], Magdalene served as an Augustinian lay sister or [[Third order|tertiary]], interpreter and catechist for Fathers Francis of Jesus Terrero and Vincent of Saint Anthony Simoens.
{{nihongo|'''Magdalene of Nagasaki '''|長崎のマグダレナ|Nagasaki no Magudarena}} was a Japanese Christian who served as a translator and catechist for the Augustine Recollect missionaries. She became a [[Third order|tertiary]] of the [[Order of Augustinian Recollects]].


==Life==
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In 1632, these two Augustinian friars, who had been her spiritual counselors, were burned alive. After the martyrdom of her counselors, she apprenticed herself to two other Augustinians, Fathers Melchior of Saint Augustine and Martin of Saint Nicholas. When these two friars were also put to death, she turned to Father [[Giordano Ansaloni]] de San Esteban, a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]].
Born in 1611 near Nagasaki, Magdalene was the daughter of a [[Kirishitan|Christian]] couple martyred about 1620. With the arrival of the [[Augustinians|Augustinian Order]] in 1623, Magdalene served as an interpreter for the friars Francis of Jesus Terrero and Vincent of Saint Anthony Simoens.<ref name=adriano>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311144429/http://www.osa-west.org/stmagdalene.html Ambrosioni, Adriano. "St. Magdalene of Nagasaki, OSA"]</ref> In 1625, she became a [[Third order|tertiary]] of the [[Order of Augustinian Recollects]].<ref>[https://www.agustinosrecoletos.com/events/blessed-pedro-de-zuniga-thomas-of-st-augustine-priests-and-companions-martyrs/?lang=en Augustinian Recollects]</ref>


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Magdalene taught [[catechism]] to the young, sought alms for the poor, and encouraged the people in times of persecution. In 1632, the two Augustinian friars, who had been her spiritual counselors, were burned alive. After the martyrdom of her counselors, she apprenticed herself to two other Augustinians, Melchior of Saint Augustine and Martin of Saint Nicholas. When these two friars were also put to death, she turned to [[Giordano Ansaloni]] de San Esteban, a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]].<ref name=adriano/> In 1629, she sought refuge with other Christians in the hills of Nagasaki, where she baptized the young and visited the sick.
⚫
Some time later, and attired in her Augustinian habit, Magdalene turned herself into the authorities and declared herself a follower of Jesus Christ. At age 23, she died on October 15, 1634 after thirteen days of torture, suffocated to death and suspended upside down in a pit of [[offal]] on a [[gibbet]] (''[[tsurushi]]'').

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Seeing so many apostatize, some time later, attired in her Augustinian habit, Magdalene turned herself into the authorities and declared herself a follower of Jesus Christ. At age 23, she died on October 15, 1634, after thirteen days of torture, suffocated to death and suspended upside down in a pit of [[offal]] on a [[gibbet]] (''[[tsurushi]]'').<ref name=adriano/> In the end, the pit was filled with water and she drowned.<ref>[https://www.augustinian.org/saints-1/october-20 "Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki", Augustinians - Province of St. Thomas of Villanova]</ref>


After death, her body was [[cremation|cremated]] and her ashes scattered in [[Nagasaki Bay]].
After death, her body was [[cremation|cremated]] and her ashes scattered in [[Nagasaki Bay]].


She was beatified by [[Pope John Paul II]] on February 18, 1981 in [[Manila]], and canonized on October 18, 1987 at [[Vatican City]].
She was beatified by [[Pope John Paul II]] on February 18, 1981, in [[Manila]], and canonized on October 18, 1987, at [[Vatican City]] among the [[16 Martyrs of Japan]].<ref>[http://www.midwestaugustinians.org/saints/s_magdelinenagasaki.html "Life of St. Magdelene of Nagasaki", Augustinians of the Midwest]</ref>


==Depiction==
==Depiction==
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*[[Martyrs of Japan]]
*[[Martyrs of Japan]]

*[[List of Catholic saints]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311144429/http://www.osa-west.org/stmagdalene.html St. Magdalene of Nagasaki, O.S.A.]
*[https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19871018_ruiz-compagni_en.html Mary Magdalene of Nagasaki canonized (Vatican)]
*[https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19871018_ruiz-compagni_en.html Mary Magdalene of Nagasaki canonized (Vatican)]

*[http://www.midwestaugustinians.org/saints/s_magdelinenagasaki.html Life of St. Magdelene of Nagasaki (Augustinians of the Midwest)]


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Saint

Magdalene of Nagasaki

OAR
Martyr
Born1611
Nagasaki, Tokugawa Shogunate
Died15 October 1634 (aged 22–23)
Nagasaki, Tokugawa Shogunate
Venerated inCatholic Church
Beatified18 February, 1981, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II
Canonized18 October, 1987, St. Peter's Basilica by Pope John Paul II
Major shrine Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions in Binondo, Manila, Philippines
FeastSeptember 28 (General Roman Calendar[1])
October 20 (Augustinian Calendar[2])
Magdalene of Nagasaki (Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila)

Magdalene of Nagasaki (長崎のマグダレナ, Nagasaki no Magudarena) was a Japanese Christian who served as a translator and catechist for the Augustine Recollect missionaries. She became a tertiary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.

Life[edit]

Born in 1611 near Nagasaki, Magdalene was the daughter of a Christian couple martyred about 1620. With the arrival of the Augustinian Order in 1623, Magdalene served as an interpreter for the friars Francis of Jesus Terrero and Vincent of Saint Anthony Simoens.[3] In 1625, she became a tertiary of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.[4]

Magdalene taught catechism to the young, sought alms for the poor, and encouraged the people in times of persecution. In 1632, the two Augustinian friars, who had been her spiritual counselors, were burned alive. After the martyrdom of her counselors, she apprenticed herself to two other Augustinians, Melchior of Saint Augustine and Martin of Saint Nicholas. When these two friars were also put to death, she turned to Giordano Ansaloni de San Esteban, a Dominican.[3] In 1629, she sought refuge with other Christians in the hills of Nagasaki, where she baptized the young and visited the sick.

Seeing so many apostatize, some time later, attired in her Augustinian habit, Magdalene turned herself into the authorities and declared herself a follower of Jesus Christ. At age 23, she died on October 15, 1634, after thirteen days of torture, suffocated to death and suspended upside down in a pit of offal on a gibbet (tsurushi).[3] In the end, the pit was filled with water and she drowned.[5]

After death, her body was cremated and her ashes scattered in Nagasaki Bay.

She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on February 18, 1981, in Manila, and canonized on October 18, 1987, at Vatican City among the 16 Martyrs of Japan.[6]

Depiction[edit]

Though the official picture of Magdalene of Nagasaki shows her wearing an Augustinian habit while holding a palm leaf in her hands and carrying a bag through her elbow, another depiction of her is used by the Dominicans for their own devotion. Instead of the black habit, she is shown wearing a kimono while holding a cross in her hands. One sculpture of her shows that she wears a veil with a crown or halo on her head. More depictions show the differences of her picture such as holding a palm leaf and rosary in separate hands.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations (October 18, 1987). "Lawrence Ruiz, et al". vatican.va. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  2. ^ Order of the Discalced Augustinians (2022). "Liturgical Calendar" (PDF). oadnet.org. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Ambrosioni, Adriano. "St. Magdalene of Nagasaki, OSA"
  4. ^ Augustinian Recollects
  5. ^ "Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki", Augustinians - Province of St. Thomas of Villanova
  6. ^ "Life of St. Magdelene of Nagasaki", Augustinians of the Midwest

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