Francisco Cabral (missionary)
Francisco Cabral (born 1529 ; died April 16, 1609 in Goa ) was a Portuguese Jesuit and missionary in Japan during the Momoyama period .
life and work
Francisco Cabral came to Japan as Vice-Provincial in 1570 and led a tough regiment. The few Jesuits who worked in Japan were exhausted and frustrated by the way Cabral led the missionary work. When Alessandro Valignano came to Japan in 1578, he saw the problems Cabral's leadership had brought with it after nine years. Cabral rejected any form of cultural adaptation, had not made any of the novices a priest. Few Jesuits understood Japanese. Cabral and Valignano agreed on one thing, however: Valignano gave up his idea of dressing Japanese priests like Buddhist monks in orange and silk, but in black and linen, as Cabral did.
After all, Cabral had been able to convert a number of daimyo to Christianity. Soon after his arrival he had baptized Ōmura Sumitada (1533–1587) and his entire family. In Kyoto he was received by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and in 1572 by Oda Nobunaga . He baptized Ōtomo Yoshimune (大 友 義 続; 1558–1605) in 1575 and his brother-in-law Ichijō Kanesada (1543–1585) and in 1679 Ōtomo Sōrin (大 友 宗麟; 1530–1587). That the daimyo had been baptized could be due to their desire to be able to participate in trade with Macau .
In 1581 Cabral returned to Macau . He died in Goa in 1609 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Léon Pagès, Histoire de la religion chrétienne au Japon depuis 1598 jusqu'à 1651, vol. 1, C. Douniol, 1869
literature
- Papinot, Edmond: Cabral (Francesco) In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cabral, Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese Jesuit and missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1529 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1609 |
| Place of death | Goa |