Luis Sotelo

Blessed

Luis Sotelo

O.F.M.
Luis Sotelo, speaking with Hasekura Tsunenaga and other Japanese in Rome. Sala Regia, Quirinal Palace, Rome.
Born(1574-09-06)September 6, 1574
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
DiedAugust 25, 1624(1624-08-25) (aged 49)
Ōmura, Nagasaki, Japan
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified7 July 1867 by Pope Pius IX
Feast25 August

Luis Sotelo, OFM, in English known also as Louis Sotelo, (September 6, 1574 – August 25, 1624) was a Franciscan friar from Spain who died as a martyr in Japan, in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867.

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