Clergy of the Society of Jesus who worked in Japan. He was born in Nagaye, around 1565. He is also referred to as “Cosme de Nagaye” because of his place of birth. He entered the Society in 1584. In 1592 he was in the Katsusa residence. He was dismissed between 1593 and 1599.

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: Dominique Faria