Depiction of the execution of Blessed Leonardo Kimura and four fellow Christians in Nagasaki on Nov. 18, 1619: Andreas Murayama Tokuan (Japan), Cosmas Takeya Sozaburo (Korea), Ioannes Yoshida Shoun (Japan) and Domingos Jorge (Portugal). The work was created in Macao by an anonymous Japanese artist between 1626 and 1632. Kimura and 204 other martyrs were beatified by Pope Pius IX on May 7, 1867 (feast days June 1 and Sept. 10).
Arrested in 1616 and martyred three years later, Blessed Leonardo Kimura faced torture and flames with a serenity that astonished onlookers and strengthened the Church in Nagasaki.
