Biography
Apollinaire Franco, or Apollinaire of Japan, was a Franciscan priest born in Aguilar de Campoo in Old Castile (Spain) around 1570. He was burned alive in Omura, Japan, in 1622 for failing to comply with the 1614 order issued by the shoguns for Catholic missionaries to leave the country under penalty of death. He is a blessed celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church on September 12, along with the Dominican priest Thomas Zumárraga and their four companions.
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