Anjiro , another option is Yajiro , also known as Paulo di Santa Fe (Paul of Saint Faith) (Anjirō, Yajirō, port. Paulo de Santa Fé , born around 1510 in Japan - died around 1550 in Japan) - the name of a Japanese from Satsuma Province, Japan . He was a samurai. He is considered the first Japanese Catholic to be baptized from the hands of St. Francis Xavier .
| Anjiro | |
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| Date of Birth | around 1510 |
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| Date of death | around 1550 |
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Biographical information about the life of Anziro is known from the works of the Portuguese traveler and writer Fernand Mendish Pintu . According to Fernand Mendish Pinto, who mentions him as Yajirō, Anjiro fled to Portuguese Malacca with him after committing the murder in Japan. In Malacca in December 1547 [1] he met a Catholic missionary from the Jesuit Order, Francis Xaverius, who, after meeting him, decided to go on a mission to Japan. He was a translator with Francis Xavier, who, accompanied by Andziro, the other two Japanese and two Jesuits, arrived on July 27, 1547 at the port of Kagoshima . After landing on August 15, 1547, Francis Xavier lived in the Andziro family until October 1550 [1] . He was baptized from the hands of Francis Xavier with the name Paulo de Santa Fe. Together with Andziro, about a hundred of his relatives [2] also became baptized, who became the first Catholic community in Japan.
The exact date of his death is unknown. It is believed that he died in 1550.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Astrain, Antonio. "St. Francis Xavier »The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 7 Mar. 2013
- ↑ Holy Communities of Jesus (unavailable link) . Date accessed July 16, 2019. Archived May 27, 2018.
Sources
- Cabezas, Antonio (1995): The Iberian century Japan. The Spanish-Portuguese presence in Japan (1543-1643). Valladolid: Secretariat Publications, University of Valladolid. ISBN 84-7762-452-6 .