Inès Takeya
Japanese Roman Catholic martyr
About Inès Takeya
Lived 1587 – 1622 (aged 34–35).
Agnes Takeya (イネス竹屋; 1580–1622) was a Korean-Japanese Roman Catholic martyr.
Takeya was born in Korea in 1580. During the 1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea, she was kidnapped, enslaved, and taken to Japan.
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Who was Inès Takeya?
Japanese Roman Catholic martyr
When was Inès Takeya born?
Inès Takeya was born in 1587 in Japan.
When did Inès Takeya die?
Inès Takeya died on 10 September 1622 in Nagasaki.
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