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Bl. Louis Sasanda

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Feastday: August 25
Death: 1624

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Martyr of Japan, the son of Blessed Michael Sasanda. In 1613, this Japanese youth became a Franciscan in Mexico and was ordained in 1622 in Manila, Philippines. He returned to Japan and was arrested and burned alive at Shimabara with Blessed Louis Sotelo. He was beatified in 1867.

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