Leonardo Kimura

Blessed

Leonardo Kimura

S.J.
The martyrdom of Leonardo Kimura, 1619
Jesuit priest
Born1575
Nagasaki, Japan
Died18 November 1619(1619-11-18) (aged 44)
Nishizaka hill, Nagasaki[1]
Venerated in
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Beatified7 May 1867[1], Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX, Catholic Church

Leonardo Kimura, SJ (also known as レオナルド 木村 or レ゜オナルド, 1575 – 18 November 1619) was a Japanese Catholic evangelist and teacher. Killed as a victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, he was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.[3][4][5]

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