Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Benito
Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Benito (born c. 1572 AD in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain; died June 1, 1617 AD in Nagasaki, Japan) was a Spanish Dominican friar and missionary who served in the Philippines and Japan, and was martyred in Nagasaki by burning. He is among the 205 Martyrs of Japan beatified on November 24, 2008. His feast day is September 10.
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| Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Benito | |
|---|---|
| Feast Day | September 10 |
| Profession | Dominican friar (Order of Preachers); missionary to Philippines and Japan; martyr of the Tokugawa persecution |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church; Dominican Order; 205 Martyrs of Japan; Japanese Catholic martyrs tradition; La Rioja Catholic tradition |
| Patronage | Japan; La Rioja (Spain); Dominican missionaries; those who preach in hostile territories; Nagasaki |
| Attributes | Dominican habit (black and white); palm frond of martyrdom; flames (burned at the stake); Japanese landscape; missionary cross |
| Birthplace | Logroño, La Rioja, Spain |
| Death Place | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Cause of Death | Martyrdom; burned at the stake on June 1, 1617, in Nagasaki; he was a Spanish Dominican friar who had entered Japan clandestinely from his base in the Philippines to minister to the underground Japanese Catholic community; captured by Tokugawa authorities, he was burned alive in Nagasaki; he was beatified among the 205 Martyrs of Japan on November 24, 2008 |
| Primary Shrine | Nagasaki, Japan — Martyrs' Hill; September 10 feast; pilgrimage |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; September 10 feast in Japan and Dominican Order |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar |
Biography
Alfonso Navarrete Benito was born c. 1572 in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. He entered the Dominican Order and went as a missionary to the Philippines, the main Spanish base for East Asian missionary work.
He entered Japan clandestinely to minister to the underground Catholic community during the Tokugawa persecution. He was captured and burned alive in Nagasaki on June 1, 1617, on the same day as Blessed Alfonso López (Augustinian Recollect).
He was beatified among the 205 Martyrs of Japan at Nagasaki on November 24, 2008.
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Birth location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Death location: Nagasaki, Japan
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Blessed Alfonso Navarrete Benito was a Spanish Dominican missionary from Logroño who entered Japan clandestinely and was burned alive in Nagasaki on June 1, 1617. Beatified among the 205 Martyrs of Japan, Nagasaki 2008. Feast September 10.
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