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= Orsucci = Orsucci is an ancient and noble Italian family. The family has historical branches in the areas of today's Tuscany, most notably in Lucca, Camaiore, Viareggio and Pescia. One of the Orsucci family's most notable members is Angelo Orsucci, who was beatified by Pope Pius IX on the 7th of May 1867.

Branches
Orsucci (di Pescia) fasc.3494

Orsucci (di Lucca) fasc.6143

Orsucci (di Lucca) fasc.6144

Mei Orsucci (di Pescia) fasc.5996

Blessed Angelo of Saint Vincent Ferrer Orsucci
Angelo Orsucci was born in Lucca on the 8th of May 1573. At only thirteen years old he left his noble family in Lucca to what was to become an remarkable journey in the name of the holy father. He was commonly called the "Saint" and was involved in missionary activities around the world: Mexico, Philippines and Japan.

Angelo first arrived in Japan in 1618, during the Tokugawa shogunate's era of martyrs. It was not long before he was discovered and put in jail for his missionary acts on December 13, 1618. Angelo sent a letter to his family in Lucca to share the adverse news, with his spirits kept high: "I am very happy for the favor that Our Lord has given me and I would not change this prison with the major palaces of Rome." Angelo Orsucci was sentenced to the flames and joined the companions of martyrdom on the 10th of September 1622, in what was to be know as the 205 Martyrs of Japan. Angelo Orsucci received his solemn beatification in 1867 by Blessed Pope Pius IX.