James of Padua


Blessed James of Padua was a 14th-century Franciscan missionary. He was beheaded alongside Thomas of Tolentino, Peter of Siena and Demetrius of Tiflis at Thane by Muslims en route to evangelizing Sri Lanka and China. They were beatified by pope Leo XIII in 1894 as the FourMartyrsofThane, with their memorial on 9 April.