Bl. Anthony of St. Bonaventure
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A martyr of Japan, a Franciscan. Anthony was born in 1588 in Tuy, Galicia, Spain, and was educated in Salamanca. After entering the Franciscan Order, he was sent to the Philippines and ordained in Manila. After ordination, Anthony was sent to Japan, where he brought almost three thousand lapsed Catholics back to the Church before he was arrested. Anthony was burned alive in Nagasaki.
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