St. Leonard Kimura, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan. A temporal coadjutor of the Jesuits. He was arrested for his faith and association with the Jesuits, he was burned alive at Nagasaki and was beatified in 1867. Feastday Nov. 18

St. Leonard Kimura, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan. A temporal coadjutor of the Jesuits. He was arrested for his faith and association with the Jesuits, he was burned alive at Nagasaki and was beatified in 1867. Feastday Nov. 18

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