Yuuki Diogo - Yuuki Diogo

Japanese: 結城ディオゴ - ゆうきディオゴ

Around 1575 - 1636 (around Tensho 3 - Kan'ei 13)
A Jesuit priest from Awa. He studied at the seminary in 1586 (Tensho 14) and joined the Society of Jesus in 1595 (Bunroku 4). In 1601 (Keicho 6) he went to Macau to study ethical theology, and after returning to Japan he served as a Latin teacher at the seminary. From 1607 he lived in Kyoto and engaged in missionary work in the Kinai and Shikoku regions. In 1619 he was exiled to Manila, where he looked after the Japanese in Japantown there, and was ordained a priest the following year. In 1620 (Genwa 2), he returned to Japan and from Kyoto he preached in secret in the Hokuriku, Kanto, and Tohoku regions, and in 1635 (Kan'ei 12) he was arrested in Osaka and died the following year after being executed by hanging from a hole.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1575ころ‐1636(天正3ころ‐寛永13)
イエズス会司祭。阿波出身。1586年(天正14)セミナリヨに学び，95年(文禄4)イエズス会に入る。1601年(慶長6)マカオに赴いて倫理神学を修め，帰国後セミナリヨのラテン語教師を務める。07年以降京都に住み，畿内･四国布教に従事。14年マニラに追放され同地の日本町の日本人を世話し，翌年司祭に叙階される。16年(元和2)帰国し京都より北陸，関東，東北地方に潜伏布教し，35年(寛永12)大坂で捕らわれ翌年穴吊りの刑により死没。

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