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title: "St. Paul Miki and Companions: Feast Day February 6 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paul-miki-and-companions/
description: "St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs of Japan. Feast day February 6. Read their life in Bless."
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Martyrs of Japan · Feast day February 6

# St. Paul Miki and Companions

The feast day of St. Paul Miki and Companions is February 6, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [February 6](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/#6) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Martyrs of Japan |
| Died | 1597 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, February 6, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paul-miki-and-companions/#calendar) |

## Life

When Japan turned against the faith it had welcomed, twenty-six Christians — Jesuit brothers, Franciscan friars, and laymen, the youngest twelve years old — were marched six hundred miles through winter to Nagasaki and crucified on a hill overlooking the harbor.

Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit of samurai family and a renowned preacher, gave his last sermon from the cross: he was dying, he said, for preaching the Gospel, and he forgave his executioners with all his heart. The hidden Church they left behind survived two and a half centuries without priests.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Paul Miki and Companions. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, February 6, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/06/) | St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial) | Red | Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21 · Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 · John 10:27 · Mark 6:30-34 |
| [Sunday, February 6, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/06/) | Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8 · Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 · 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 · Matthew 4:19 · Luke 5:1-11 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[February 5 St. Agatha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agatha/) [February 7 St. Colette](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-colette/)

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St. Paul Miki and Companions

Feast day February 6

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paul-miki-and-companions/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paul-miki-and-companions/#calendar)

In the app

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