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Blessed Simon Yempo

Also known as

Simon Enpo
Simon Iempo

4 December

Profile

Buddhist monk. Convert to Christianity. Lay catechist. Jesuit. Martyr.

Born

c.1580 in Nozu, Japan

burned to death on 4 December 1623 in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan

26 February 1866 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Saints of the Society of Jesus

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Simon Yempo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 June 2022. Web. 28 April 2024. <>