Bl. Sebastian Kimura

Sebastian Kimura
Feastday: September 10
Death: 1622

Japanese martyr. The grandson of the first Japanese convert baptized by St. Francis Xavier, he entered the Jesuits at the age of eighteen and worked as a catechist. Arrested by authorities, he spent two years in prison before being burned alive with Blessed Charles Spinola.

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Sebastian Kimura Sebastian Kimura Death: 1622
Death: 1622