According to CNA/EWTN News:
Takayama Ukon, a 16th-century samurai who faced exile rather than giving up his Catholic faith, is being considered for sainthood…
The Takayama were daimyo: members of the class of ruling feudal lords… Daimyo held vast estates and were entitled to raise armies and hire samurai.
In 1587, when Takayama was 35, Japan’s chancellor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, began a persecution of Christians, expelling missionaries and encouraging Japanese Catholics to forsake their faith.
While many daimyo chose to leave the Catholic faith, Takayama and his father chose instead to forsake their estates and honors to maintain the faith.
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A Japanese samurai in full armor
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