Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María, OP (Japanese: ヤコボ・デ・サンタ・マリア朝長五郎兵衛, Yakobo de Santa Maria Tomonaga Gorōbyōe; c. 1582 – August 17, 1633) was a Japanese Dominican friar and Catholic priest.
Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga was born of a noble Christian family in Kuidetsu (part of modern Ōmura, Nagasaki), Japan.
[5] After returning to Japan he spent very difficult years of hunger, his life was at risk and he was continually in hiding.
In July 1633 his hiding place was uncovered by the authorities with the help of the traitor Matthew Kohioye, who was his own catechist, he was caught and put into prison.
[6] Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga was declared Venerable on 11 October 1980 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom), who later beatified him on 18 February 1981 in Manila, Philippines [5] and canonized him on 18 October 1987 in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.