Noviciado

Japanese: ノビシアド

Noviciado was founded in 1580 (Tensho 8) in Usuki, Bungo Province, by Jesuit Visitor to the East Indies Valignano. The original word was Portuguese, noviciado. Noviciados were made up of Japanese and European novitiates from the seminary. After completing a two-year novitiate devoted to monastic life, including the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, meditation, and spiritual reading, they took three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and entered the Collegio in Funai, Bungo Province. They moved due to war and persecution, and their final destination was Nagasaki, where they remained until 1614 (Keicho 19).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イエズス会東インド巡察師バリニャーノにより，1580年(天正8)豊後国臼杵に設立された修練院。原語はポルトガル語のnoviciado。修練士はセミナリヨ出身の日本人イルマンとヨーロッパ人イルマンから成り，イグナティウス･デ･ロヨラの霊操，黙想，霊的読書など修道生活に専念する2年の修練期間終了後，清貧，貞潔，従順の三誓願を立てて豊後国府内のコレジヨに入学した。戦乱と迫害のために移動し，最終地は長崎で，1614年(慶長19)まで続いた。

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