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Bl. Thomas Kotenda and Companions

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Feastday: November 27
Death: 1619

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Japanese martyrs. A member of a high-rank mg noble family of Japan, Thomas was a devoted Christian, having been educated by the Jesuits. Exiled for his beliefs from his native province, he lived at Nagasaki until his condemnation and beheading, He was martyred along with ten companions.

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