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Léonard Kimura
Japanese religious servant
SaintJapanSociety of JesusPost-1588
Feast: 18 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1575
Died
1619
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
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, teacher, and member of the Society of Jesus. Killed as a victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, he was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q11754482 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Leonardo Kimura (CC BY-SA)
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