Blessed Simon Yempo
Also known as
- Simon Enpo
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Buddhist monk. Convert to Christianity. Lay catechist. Jesuit. Martyr.
Born
- burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan
- pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Jerome, contact
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan
2-10-10 Shiomi Koto-ku
Tokyo 135-8585, JAPAN
- or -
Causa de Canonização dos Mártires do Japão
na Estrada da Torre, 26
1750-296 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Also known as
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Hagiography Circle
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
