Bl. John Baptist Zola

Feastday: June 20
Death: 1626

Martyred Jesuit of Japan. Born in Brescia, Italy, he became a Jesuit and was sent to India in 1602. Four years later he entered Japan, only to be banished in 1614. Upon returning to Japan, he was arrested and burned alive at Nagasaki. He was beatified in 1867.

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John Baptist Zola John Baptist Zola Death: 1626
Death: 1626