Blessed Ioannes Yoshida Shoun
Also known as: John Shoun; John Xoun
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
November 18
Died
November 1, 18
Beatified
7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX
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.