Nov. 18 Saints, Bl. John Shoun, St. Leonard Kimura, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Japan. Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Nov 18

Bl. John Shoun, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan. Died: 1619. He was a Japanese from Meako and was baptized at Nagasaki. Seized for being a Christian, 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 Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Nov 18