Jerome (Gerolamo) de Angelis ( Italian: Girolamo De Angelis ; circa 1568 , Enna , Sicily - December 4, 1623 , Edo , Japan ) - a blessed Catholic church, a martyr , a priest of the Jesuit Order , a victim of anti-Catholic persecution in Japan, killed due to hatred to faith ( lat.Odium fidei ).
| Jerome de Angeles | |
|---|---|
| Girolamo de angelis | |
 Saint Jerome de Angeles | |
| Birth | about 1568 Enna , Sicily |
| Death | December 4, 1623 Edo , Japan |
| Is revered | in the catholic church |
| Beatified | July 7, 1867 |
| In the face | |
| Day of Remembrance | December 4th |
| Patron | Enna |
| Attributes | palm |
Biography
He studied law in Palermo . In 1585 he was admitted to the Society of Jesus in Messina . In 1585, with a missionary purpose, he was sent to Japan. Immediately, through Lisbon, he went to India .
An outstanding pioneer missionary in Japan. In 1602, he began missionary work in Japan. Despite the publication of an edict expelling all Christian missionaries from the country, he remained on the islands.
He was the first European on about. Hokkaido , [1] [2] , the first missionary to reach the land of Yezo north of the Japanese island of Honshu (including Sakhalin and probably the Kuril Islands ) and to meet the Ainu . A tireless minister of faith, he was the first missionary to penetrate the hitherto unknown kingdoms of Yasu and Tsai.
Jerome de Angelis, converted many people in Japan to Christianity , seeing at the same time that his neophytes were brutally persecuted.
Captured and sentenced to death, he was publicly executed - burning at the stake.
Beatified on July 7, 1867 in Rome by Pope Pius IX in a group of 205 Japanese martyrs .
Notes
- ↑ Archived copy (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 28, 2008. Archived May 17, 2008.
- ↑ Laures Rare Book Database SIMPLE (link not available)