ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of September WELCOME! BLESSED SEBASTIAN KIMURA, PRIEST AND MARTYR Sebastian Kimura's martyrdom alongside Carlo Spinola and Companions Sebastian (Sebastianus) Kimura, of the Society of Jesus , was burned alive in a slow fire with Carolus Spinola and seven other companions on 10th September 1622 in Nagasaki. He was the first Christian priest of the Japanese nation. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 232) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org Sebastian Kimura was born into a Christian family in 1565. His grandfather was the very first Japanese convert baptised by the missionary Francis Xavier. Drawn to a life of religious service, Sebastian Kimura entered the Society of Jesus ...