Marina of Ōmura

Marina was born at Ōmura, whence the name Marina of Ōmura which most sources give her; French usage calls her Marina of Nagasaki, where she died. She entered the Dominican third order in 1626 and there made private vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, at a time when Christianity was outlawed in Japan. She lodged hunted missionaries: that is what was held against her. Thrown into prison, she was publicly given over to the derision of her chastity, then burned over a slow fire on 11 November 1634. John Paul II beatified her at Manila in 1981 and canonised her on 18 October 1987 among the sixteen martyrs of Japan, who include Lorenzo Ruiz: the Church celebrates them together on 28 September, while the Roman Martyrology keeps for Marina her own day, on 11 November. She is not to be confused with Magdalene of Nagasaki, who also died in 1634 and was canonised on the same day, but was put to death in the pit.