September 10th

Blessed Sebastian Kimura and Companions, Martyrs of Nagasaki

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Nagasaki, Japan · d. 1622

At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed Sebastian Kimura, of the Society of Jesus, and Francis Morales, of the Order of Preachers, priests, together with fifty companions, martyrs, who—priests, religious, married couples, young people, catechists, widows, and infants—upon a hill before an immense crowd died for Christ amid the most savage torments.

Latin Original

Nagasákii in Iapónia, beatórum Sebastiáni Kimura, e Societáte Iesu, Francisci Morales, ex Ordine Praedicatórum, presbyterórum, et quinquagínta sociórum,? mártyrum, qui, presbyteri, religiósi, cóniuges, iüvenes, catechíste, viduse et infántes, in colle coram ingénti turba szevíssimis cruciátibus pro Christo occubuérunt.