Léonard Kimura
Japanese religious servant
Feast: 18 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed martyrs Léonard Kimura, religious of the Society of Jesus, Andrew Murayama Tokuan, Cosmas Takeya, John Yoshida Shoun and Dominic Jorge, burned in the fire because they were Christians.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 18 November as a Jesuit religious burned at Nagasaki with companions for being Christians.
The cause
Léonard Kimura has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: the cause of Léonard Kimura.
Connected on this site
- Cosmas Takeya Saint“At Nagasaki in Japan, Blessed martyrs Léonard Kimura, religious of the Society of Jesus, Andrew Murayama Tokuan, Cosmas Takeya, John Yoshida Shoun and Dominic Jorge, burned in the fire because they were Christians.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 18 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11754482 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Leonardo Kimura (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.