Saint John Soan de Goto
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- Also known as
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John Soan of Goto
John Soan
John de Goto
John of Goto
- Memorial
- 6 February
- Profile
- Raised Christian.
He and his family fled to Nagasaki to escape persecution on the Goto Islands.
Studied with the Jesuits at Nagasaki and Shiki.
Jesuits temporal-coadjutor.
Catechist at Osaka, Japan.
One of the Martyrs of Nagasaki.
- Born
- c.1578 in the Goto Islands, Japan
- Died
- crucified on 5 February 1597 at Nagasaki, Japan
- Name Meaning
- God is gracious; gift of God (John)
- Beatified
- 14 September 1627 by Pope Urban VIII
- Canonized
- 8 June 1862 by Pope Pius IX
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