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［Saint］ Saint is a title given by the Pope in official recognition of the holiness of those who have devoted their lives to deep faith as martyrs and Christians. A "saint" is added to the list of saints, and a "blessed" is added to the list of blessed persons.

［Yosuke Tetsukawa］ Yosuke Tetsukawa was a master builder and architect from Kamigoto. He received instruction in church architecture from Father Marc Marie de Rotz.　Yosuke was later involved in constructing many church buildings on his own, mainly in Nagasaki.

［Paris Foreign Missions Society］ The Paris Foreign Missions Society is a missionary organization of the Catholic Church headquartered in Paris, France. It was involved in the reconstruction of the Catholic Church in Japan after the end of the Edo period.

［Bernard-Thadée Petitjean］ Bernard-Thadée Petitjean was a missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He landed in Ryukyu in 1860, Yokohama in 1862, and arrived in Nagasaki in August 1863, where he began construction of the Oura Cathedral and held the consecration in February 1865. Shortly after that, he encountered Senpuku Kirishitans in the Discovery of Hidden Christians.

［Joseph Ferdinand Marmand］ Joseph Ferdinand Marmand was a missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He came to Japan in 1876. After missionary works in Amami and Ryukyu, he was assigned to Shimogoto as parish priest in 1880. After serving in Iojima and Amami, in 1897 he was sent to Kuroshima where he was instrumental in constructing the Kuroshima Church.

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