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Sébastien Kimura
Japanese catholic priest
SaintJapanSociety of JesusDocumented cause
Feast: 10 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1565
Died
1622
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
1867
unverified
Who they were
Sebastian Kimura (1565 – 10 September 1622) was a Japanese Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus. He was among the 55 people killed during the Great Genna Martyrdom and subsequently beatified.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Wikidata Q16185936 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sebastian Kimura (CC BY-SA)
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