Federico Barbaro
Federico Barbaro SDB (born February 18, 1913 in Cimpello , Fiume Veneto , † February 29, 1996 in Pordenone ) was an Italian religious priest , missionary in Japan , teacher, translator and essayist.
After his first profession in 1931 and his philosophical studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he went to Japan as a missionary in 1935. After he completed his theological studies there, he received in 1941 in Tokyo , the ordination . He then worked as a teacher of philosophy and theology at the Salesian Institutes of Misaki and Tokyo and various private and state Japanese colleges. From 1950 to 1956 he headed the Don Bosco Sha Salesian printing company in Tokyo. He edited the magazine Katorikku Seikatsu (Catholic Life).
Its bibliography shows over 120 publications and 2000 articles. Most of all, his name is associated with a complete version of the scriptures in the modern Japanese language .
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| SURNAME | Barbaro, Federico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian religious, Salesian Don Bosco, missionary in Japan, teacher, translator and essayist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cimpello , Fiume Veneto |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 29, 1996 |
| Place of death | Pordenone |