RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paulo Miki

1564 - 1597

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Paul Miki, SJ (Japanese: パウロ三木; (‘Paulo Miki’) c. 1562 – 5 February 1597) was a Japanese Catholic evangelist and Jesuit, known for his martyrdom during a 16th-century anti-Catholic uprising. Canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1862, Miki is recognized as one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo Miki is the 587th most popular religious figure (up from 662nd in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 99th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

Paulo Miki is most famous for being the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt in the United States.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paulo Miki ranks 587 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Rosalia, Marcel Lefebvre, Antipope Alexander V, Parascheva of the Balkans, Pope Donus, and Anas ibn Malik. After him are Abdullah ibn Masud, Charles de Foucauld, Maria al-Qibtiyya, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Saint Maurice, and Sabbas the Sanctified.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1564, Paulo Miki ranks 6. Before him are Galileo Galilei, William Shakespeare, William Adams, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Christopher Marlowe. After him are David Fabricius, Francisco Pacheco, Hans Leo Hassler, Ahmad Sirhindi, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Federico Borromeo. Among people deceased in 1597, Paulo Miki ranks 3. Before him are Willem Barentsz, and Hattori Hanzō. After him are Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Peter Canisius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Maharana Pratap, Joseph of Anchieta, Franciscus Patricius, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Edward Kelley, and Barbara Blomberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 62 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideki Yukawa (1907), Takashi Kasahara (1918), Emperor Suizei (-669), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), and Kane Tanaka (1903). After him are Mako (1933), Koxinga (1624), Dōgen (1200), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Antonio Inoki (1943), and Isamu Akasaki (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Paulo Miki ranks 2. Before him are Kane Tanaka (1903). After him are Dōgen (1200), Nichiren (1222), Empress Meishō (1624), Benkei (1155), Abe no Seimei (921), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Mikao Usui (1865), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Ikkyū (1394), and Eisai (1141).

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