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Excerpt from Saints of the Society of Jesus: With a Sketch of the Society See, father, said John of Goto, we must prefer salvation to all things, giving to his parent the cloth from his head as a gift to his mother. Their sides were pierced by lances. Into Thy hands I commend my spirit! Ex claimed Paul Miki. Jesus, Mary, murmured James Kisai. John of Goto's father remained at the foot of his son's cross, embracing the wood on which he had died. John of Goto was a novice of nineteen James Kisai was a lay brother These martyrs were beatified in 1627, and canonized by Pope Pius IX'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.