Agnes Takeya

Agnes Takeya (1580–1622) was a Korean-Japanese[1] Roman Catholic martyr.

During the 1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea, she was kidnapped, enslaved, and taken to Japan.

Takeya was married to another Catholic layperson, Cosmas Takeya Sozaburō, another Korean who had been similarly enslaved and taken to Japan.

[1] They were beheaded, with Charles Spinola and companions, during the "Great Genna Martyrdom" at Nagasaki.

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