Blessed Sebastian Kimura and companions

September 10th XVII century

In Nagasaki, Japan, blessed Sebastian Kimura, of the society of Jesus, Francisco Morales, of the order of preachers, priests, and fifty companions martyrs, priests, religious, marriage, youth, catechists, widows and children, all of whom died by Christ, martyred with cruel torments in front of huge crowd the hilltop. These are their names: blesseds Angel Orsucci, Alfonso de Mena, José de Saint Jacinto de Salvanés, Jacinto Orfanel, Dominican priests, and Dominic of the Rosary and Alejo, religious of the same order; Ricardo de Santa Ana and Pedro de Avila, priests of the order of Friars Minor, and Vicente de Saint José, religious of the same order,Carlos Espínola, presbítero jesuita, y Gonzalo Fusai, Antonio Kiuni, Tomás del Rosario, Tomás Akahoshi, Pedro Sampo, Miguel Shumpo, Luis Kawara, Juan Chugoku, religious also jesuits; León de Satsuma, Lucía de Freitas; Antonio Sanga, catechist, y Magdalena, spouses; Antonio Coreano, catechist, y María, spouses, with their children Juan y Pedro; Pablo Nagaishi y Tecla, spouses, with their son Pedro; Pablo Tanaka y María, spouses; Domingo Yamada y Clara, spouses; Isabel Fernández, widow of blessed Domingo Jorge, with his sum Ignacio; María, widow of blessed Andrés Tokuan; Inés, widow of blessed Cosme Takeya; María, widow of blessed Juan Shoun; Dominica Ogata, María Tanaura, Apolonia and Catalina, widows; Domingo Nakano, son of blessed Matías Nakano; Bartolomé Kawano Shichiemon; Damián Yamichi Tanda and his son Miguel; Tomás Shichiro, Rufo Ishimoto; Clemente (Bosio) Vom and his son Antonio. Roman martyrology