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Also known as

• Giordano Ansaloni
• Giordano of Saint Stephen
• Hyacinth Jordan Ansalone

Memorial

• 17 November
• 19 November (archdiocese of Agrigento, Italy)

Profile

Dominican priest. Studying in Palermo, Italy and Salamanca, Spain. Missionary to Mexico, the Philippines and Japan. As he travelled, he wrote a book on the lives of Dominican saints. Martyr.

Born

• 1 November 1598 in San Stefano Quisquina, Agrigento, Italy

Died

• 17 November 1634 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

• 11 October 1980 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 18 February 1981 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• 18 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II

Patronage

• Santo Stefano Quisquina, Italy

MLA Citation

• “Saint Giacinto Ansalone“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 June 2023. Web. 21 February 2025. <>