June 20
St. Vincent Kaun (d. 1626)
Martyr of Japan.
A native of Korea, he was brought to Japan in 1591 as a prisoner of war and was subsequently converted to Christianity. Entering the Jesuits, he studied at the Jesuit seminary of Arima and worked for three decades as a catechist in both Japan and China.
Seized during the persecution of the Church, he was burned alive at Nagasaki with Blessed Francis Pacheco.
He was beatified in 1867.
