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Vincent Kwon
Korean Jesuit catechist martyred in Japan
BlessedJoseonSociety of Jesus
Feast: 20 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1579
Died
1626
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Catholic priest; born in Joseon; died in Nagasaki.
The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Wikidata Q12599521 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full: no Church source with an account of this person has been found yet. The name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.