Clergy of the Society of Jesus who worked in Japan. He was born in Japan around 1525. He served as dojuku for a long time, until he was admitted to the Society in 1588. Although the 1598 Jesuit list includes his name, the 1603 catalogue doesn?t, so he must have left the Society in the meantime.

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