Clergy of the Society of Jesus who worked in Japan. He died in July 1622 in Yuki, Hirado. He worked as dojuku and accompanied father Camilo Constâncio into clandestineness. He may have joined the Society of Jesus before his throat was cut.

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: Maria das Mercês Pacheco