Takayama Ukon

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Takayama Ukon was a 16th–17th century Japanese daimyō and Christian convert renowned for choosing exile and loss of status rather than renouncing his Catholic faith.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic layman
Christian convert
Japanese daimyō
beatified person
martyr
activeIn Azuchi–Momoyama period NERFINISHED
Sengoku period
alsoKnownAs Dom Justo Takayama NERFINISHED
Justo Takayama Ukon NERFINISHED
Justus Takayama NERFINISHED
associatedWith Japanese Christian communities
Jesuits in Japan NERFINISHED
beatifiedBy Pope Francis NERFINISHED
burialPlace Manila NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
convertedBy Jesuit missionaries NERFINISHED
convertedTo Catholicism NERFINISHED
Christianity NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBeatification 2017-02-07
dateOfBirth 1552
dateOfDeath 1615-02-03
exiledBy Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
exiledTo Manila NERFINISHED
Spanish Philippines NERFINISHED
familyName Takayama NERFINISHED
foughtIn Sengoku period conflicts NERFINISHED
givenName Ukon NERFINISHED
hasEthnicity Japanese
hasOccupation military commander
honouredBy Catholic Church in Japan NERFINISHED
lostLandsBecauseOf refusal to abandon Christianity
lostTitleBecauseOf anti-Christian edicts of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
mannerOfDeath died shortly after arrival in exile
notableFor accepting exile and loss of status for his faith
leadership among Japanese Christians
refusing to renounce his Catholic faith
placeOfBeatification Osaka NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Takatsuki, Settsu Province NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Manila NERFINISHED
Spanish Philippines NERFINISHED
positionHeld daimyō
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
servedUnder Oda Nobunaga NERFINISHED
Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED
title Blessed
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
yearOfExile 1614

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