Urgan - Urgan

...In 1583, Toyotomi Hideyoshi granted him land to build a church under Osaka Castle. After the banishment order of the Jesuits was enacted in 1587, he hid in the territory of Konishi Yukinaga, and after meeting Hideyoshi together with Valignano in 1591, he again became active openly in the capital and region, becoming famous as the "Urgan Jesuits," and his name remains in anti-Christian literature. He devoted more than 30 years to missionary work in the capital and region, and died in Nagasaki. ...

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…83年豊臣秀吉から大坂城下に教会建設用地を付与された。87年の伴天連追放令施行後は小西行長の領内に隠れ，91年バリニャーノとともに秀吉に謁見後，再び都地方で公然と活動し〈ウルガン(宇留合無)伴天連〉として名声をはせ，排耶書にその名をとどめている。都地方の布教に30余年をささげ，長崎で死没。…

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