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Blessed Ioannes Yoshida Shoun

Also known as: John Shoun; John Xoun

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

18-Nov

Born

At Miyako, Japan

Died

Burned alive on 18 November 1619 at Nishizaka, Nagaski, Japan

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Venerated

26 February 1866 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Ioannes Yoshida Shoun, also known as John Shoun or John Xoun, was a convert to Catholicism and a layman member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. He was born in Miyako, Japan, and was baptized by Jesuit missionaries in the archdiocese of Nagasaki.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1867-05-07 by 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
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