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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day October 7 Blessed Leo Taketomi Kan'emon Saint Augustalis, Confessor Saint Augustus, Priest and Confessor Saint Bridget of Sweden, Widow Dubthach de Druim-Dhearbb, Archbishop of Armagh Saint Eumenius, Archbishop of Alexandria Eustochium, Widow Saint Evasius, Bishop and Martyr Venerable Fingen, Abbot Venerable Georg of Pfronten-Kreuzegg Saint Gerold, Martyr Saint Helanus, Priest Blessed Henrik Friessem Saint Humbert, Monk Saint Julia, Virgin and Martyr Saint Justina of Padua, Virgin and Martyr Saint Mark, Pope Saint Osith, Virgin Saint Palladius, Bishop and Confessor Saint Papolus, Bishop and Martyr Blesseds Adrian and Joanna Takahashi Mondo, Martyrs Saints Marcellus and Apuleius, Martyrs Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Martyrs The Translation of Saint Bridget Our Lady of the Rosary -0710-

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER   Saints celebrated on the 7th of October WELCOME! BLESSED LEO TAKETOMI KAN'EMON, MARTYR  In 1613, the pagan governor of Nagasaki, Japan, goaded a Japanese prince to undertake a new wave of persecution against Japanese Catholics. The prince thereupon summoned eight Catholic officers under his command to deny their faith or face death. HE STOOD BY HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH Five complied, but three refused, one of them was Blessed Leo Taketomi Kan’emon. He and the other two officers were condemned to die by fire in Arima together with their families. Leo’s son (Blessed) Paul was among those sentenced to death, but Leo’s wife Monica and their daughter were pardoned. Grieved to be separated from her husband and her son, and to be denied the crown of martyrdom, Monica attempted to join them in prison but was forcibly turned away. "WE ARE DYING FOR THE GLORY OF GOD" On October 7, 1613, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Leo and the other martyrs pro...