Spinola - Spinola, Carlo

Japanese: スピノラ - Ｓｐｉｎｏｌａ，Ｃａｒｌｏ

Year of death: 8/5/1622 (9/10/1622)
Year of birth: 1564
Italian Jesuit priest and martyr. Born in Madrid, Spain. Joined the Society of Jesus in 1584. After completing his training at the Collegio (academy) in Naples, he vomited blood and went to Milan for recuperation, where he studied mathematics under Clavius in Rome. In Milan, he studied philosophy and theology, and lectured on mathematics. In 1594, he became a priest and submitted a petition for the missionary work in the East. In 1596, he set sail from Lisbon for India, but was captured by a British ship. In 1599, he left Lisbon again, and traveled via Mozambique, Goa, Malacca, and Macau, arriving in Nagasaki in 1602 (Keicho 7). He learned Japanese at a seminary in Arima, and in 1606, he moved from Arie in Shimabara to Kyoto. In Kyoto, he imparted scientific knowledge and technology to intellectuals at the Nanbanji Temple. In 1613, he moved to Nagasaki, where he served as accountant. Together with a Jesuit in Macau, he observed a lunar eclipse and measured longitude between Nagasaki and Macau. When the ban on Christianity was issued in 1616, he took the alias "Giuseppe of the Cross" and hid in Nagasaki, where he continued his missionary work. In 1618, he was captured in Nagasaki and imprisoned in Suzuta Prison in Omura. The cell was made of thick timber like a bamboo birdcage, and he spent four years in the open cell without a bath or a haircut, suffering from fever. In 1619, he was one of 55 (or 57) people martyred by burning and beheading at the stake at Nishizaka in Nagasaki (the Great Genna Martyrdom). He was beatified in 1867. <References> "The Life of Carlo Spinola" translated by Miyazaki Kentaro

(Kentaro Miyazaki)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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没年：元和8.8.5(1622.9.10)
生年：1564
イタリア人イエズス会司祭,殉教者。スペインのマドリードに生まれる。1584年イエズス会入会。ナポリのコレジョ(学院)で修練を終えたが吐血し,転地療養のためにミラノに行く途中,ローマでクラヴィウスの下に数学を学ぶ。ミラノで哲学,神学を学び,数学を講じた。1594年司祭となり,東洋布教の嘆願書を出す。1596年インドに向けてリスボンを出帆したが,英国船に拿捕される。1599年再びリスボンをたち,モザンビーク,ゴア,マラッカ,マカオを経由して慶長7(1602)年長崎に到着。有馬のセミナリオ(神学校)で日本語を学び,同9年島原の有家から京都に移った。京都では南蛮寺で知識人に科学知識,技術を伝授。同16年長崎へ移動,会計係を務めた。マカオにいるイエズス会士と図り長崎―マカオ間で月食を観察し経度の測定を行った。同19年のキリシタン禁教令発布時には「十字架のジュゼッペ」と変名し長崎に潜伏,そのまま布教活動を続けた。元和4(1618)年長崎で捕らえられ,大村の鈴田牢に投獄される。牢は竹の鳥籠のように太い角材で作られ,その吹きさらしの牢内で,4年間一度も入浴,散髪することなく,熱病に苦しみながら過ごした。同8年長崎西坂にて55(または57)人が火焙り,および斬首によって殉教(元和の大殉教)したなかのひとり。慶応3(1867)年福者となる。<参考文献>宮崎賢太郎訳『カルロ・スピノラ伝』

(宮崎賢太郎)

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