the Philippines in order to bring him back to Sendai, the Spanish authorities forbade Sotelo to board it and would not allow him to make his own boat and sail there. He finally managed to enter Japan in 1622 and was turned over to the authorities by Chinese merchants when he was discovered on their ship. He was imprisoned for two years at Ōmura, north of Nagasaki, while the shōgun deliberated on his case. In the local prison, he joined Pedro Vásquez, Miguel de Carvalho and two Japanese Franciscans, Ludovicus Sasada and tertiary Ludovicus Baba. Sotelo was burned at the stake in Ōmura, on 25 August 1624, at the age of 50, together with his religious companions. He was beatified by Pope Pius IX on 7 July 1867. In the Roman Catholic Church, his feast day is celebrated on 25 August, as well as 10 September, the anniversary of the massacre of 205 Japanese martyrs. References Sources 'The Christian century in Japan 1549-1650 C. R. Boxer Histoire de la Religion Chrétienne au Japon depuis 1598 jusqu'a 1651... by Léon Pagès, 1869. Paris: Charles Douniol. (Annexe 3, pp. 137–161: letters in Latin of Luis Sotelo). Amati, Scipione, 1615. Historia del regno di Voxu del Giapone...'' Rome: G. Mascardi. 1574 births 1624 deaths Roman Catholic missionaries in Japan People of Spanish colonial Philippines Spanish beatified people Spanish Franciscans Spanish expatriates in Japan Martyred Roman Catholic priests Spanish Roman Catholic priests 17th-century executions by Japan Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries Spanish people executed abroad University of Salamanca alumni 17th-century Spanish people 17th-century Roman Catholic martyrs 17th-century venerated Christians People executed by Japan by burning Roman Catholic missionaries in the Philippines Franciscan missionaries