Dom Justo Takayama Saint

Takayama Ukon (高山右近) or Dom Justo Takayama (or Iustus Takayama Ukon or Hikogoro Shigetomo) (1552 Haibara-cho, Nara, Japan – February 5, 1615 Manila, Philippines) was a kirishitan daimyo and a Japanese samurai who followed Christianity in the Sengoku period of Japan.

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Dom Justo Takayama
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1552
Birth place
Japan , Haibara Nara , Nara Prefecture
Date of deathFebruary 04, 1615
Place of death
Manila

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