Blessed Michael Fimonaya

Memorial
16 September
Profile
Father of Blessed Paul Fimonaya. Convert. Dominican tertiary. Ordered by authorities to renounce his faith; he refused. Martyr.
Born
Japanese
Died
beheaded in 1628 at Nagasaki, Japan
Name Meaning
Who is like God? (Michael)
Beatified
1867 by Pope Pius IX
Canonized
pending
Additional Information
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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