Guillaume Courtet
Guillaume Courtet | |||||||||
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| Born | 1589-1590 Sérignan, Languedoc, France | ||||||||
| Died | 29th of September, 1637 Nagasaki, Hizen, Japan | ||||||||
| Cause of death | Beheading | ||||||||
| Venerated in | Catholic Church | ||||||||
| Beatified | 18 February 1981, Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines by Pope John Paul II | ||||||||
| Canonized | 18 October 1987, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II | ||||||||
| Major shrine | Collégiale Notra-Dame-de-Grâce de Sérignan, Occitanie, France | ||||||||
| Feast | 28th September | ||||||||
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Guillaume Courtet, O.P. (1589–1637) was a French Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary. One of the first Frenchman to have visited Japan, he died as a martyr by beheading in Nagasaki at the hands of the Tokugawa Shogunate on Michaelmas Day 1637 after three days continuous torture. He was canonised by Pope John Paul II in 1987 as one of the 16 Martyrs of Japan. He is celebrated annually on the September 28th as one of the 16 and on November 6th as one of the Thomasian Martyrs.