Clergy of the Society of Jesus who worked in Japan. He was born around 1566, from Portuguese-Japanese origin, and died in Japan in 1594. He was admitted to the Society in September 1586. He taught Latin (elementary level) at the seminary.

Bibliography:

COSTA, João Paulo Oliveira e, O Cristianismo no Japão e o Episcopado de D. Luís de Cerqueira, dissertação de doutoramento em História apresentada à Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1998 (texto fotocopiado).

Author: Helena Rodrigues
Translated by: Leonor Sampaio da Silva