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|SaintName=Servant of God Takashi Nagai | |SaintName=Servant of God Takashi Nagai | ||
|SaintStage=Servant of God | |SaintStage=Servant of God | ||
|SaintBirthDate= | |SaintBirthDate=1908-03-02 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan | |SaintBirthPlace=Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=35.472200, 133.050000 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=35.472200, 133.050000 | ||
|SaintDeathDate= | |SaintDeathDate=1951-01-05 | ||
|DeathPlace=Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | |DeathPlace=Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=32.750000, 129.883300 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=32.750000, 129.883300 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Family home destroyed by bomb; site of writings | |NotableLabel3=Family home destroyed by bomb; site of writings | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=32.780000, 129.870000 | |NotableCoordinates3=32.780000, 129.870000 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Japan | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Nagasaki]] | ||
|Canonized=No | |Canonized=No | ||
|Profession=physician; author | |Profession=physician; author | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Roman Catholic (convert) | |ReligiousAffiliation=Roman Catholic (convert) | ||
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|Attributes=doctor's coat; atomic mushroom cloud; rosary | |Attributes=doctor's coat; atomic mushroom cloud; rosary | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Heiwa Koen, Matsuyamamachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | |PrimaryShrine=Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Heiwa Koen, Matsuyamamachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | ||
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'''Servant of God Takashi Nagai''' (Japanese: 永井 隆, ''Nagai Takashi''; 3 February 1908 – 1 May 1951), often called the "Saint of Urakami," was a Japanese Catholic convert, physician, and author who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and dedicated his final years to prayer, writing, and service amid profound suffering from leukemia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Nagai |title=Takashi Nagai |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to non-Christian parents, Nagai pursued medicine at Nagasaki Medical College, where exposure to radiology led to his 1945 leukemia diagnosis, exacerbated by the bomb that killed his wife Midori and destroyed his home.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/takashi-nagai.html |title=Servant of God Takashi Nagai |publisher=Catholic Education Resource Center |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Converted to Catholicism in 1933 through Blaise Pascal's ''Pensées'' and his future wife Midori Moriyama's influence—whose family traced Kakure Kirishitan roots—he immersed in Urakami's Catholic community, financing the Immaculate Conception Cathedral through charitable work.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://setonshrine.org/the-secret-of-the-saints-servant-of-god-tagashi-nagai-and-mother-seton/ |title=The ‘Secret’ of the Saints: Servant of God Takashi Nagai and Mother Seton |publisher=Seton Shrine |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> As a doctor, he treated the poor gratis and served in Manchuria during World War II, witnessing atrocities that deepened his faith. | '''Servant of God Takashi Nagai''' (Japanese: 永井 隆, ''Nagai Takashi''; 3 February 1908 – 1 May 1951), often called the "Saint of Urakami," was a Japanese Catholic convert, physician, and author who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and dedicated his final years to prayer, writing, and service amid profound suffering from leukemia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Nagai |title=Takashi Nagai |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to non-Christian parents, Nagai pursued medicine at Nagasaki Medical College, where exposure to radiology led to his 1945 leukemia diagnosis, exacerbated by the bomb that killed his wife Midori and destroyed his home.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catholiceducation.org/en/faith-and-character/takashi-nagai.html |title=Servant of God Takashi Nagai |publisher=Catholic Education Resource Center |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Converted to Catholicism in 1933 through Blaise Pascal's ''Pensées'' and his future wife Midori Moriyama's influence—whose family traced Kakure Kirishitan roots—he immersed in Urakami's Catholic community, financing the Immaculate Conception Cathedral through charitable work.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://setonshrine.org/the-secret-of-the-saints-servant-of-god-tagashi-nagai-and-mother-seton/ |title=The ‘Secret’ of the Saints: Servant of God Takashi Nagai and Mother Seton |publisher=Seton Shrine |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> As a doctor, he treated the poor gratis and served in Manchuria during World War II, witnessing atrocities that deepened his faith. | ||