Anjirō
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anjir-304-5869724
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Anjirō
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Anjirō (アンジロー) or Yajirō, baptized as Paulo de Santa Fé, was the first recorded Japanese Christian, who lived in the 16th century. After committing a murder in his home domain of Satsuma in southern Kyushu, he fled to Portuguese Malacca and he sought out Saint Francis Xavier (1506–1552) and returned to Japan with him as an interpreter. Along with Xavier, Anjirō returned to Japan with two other Jesuits, two Japanese companions, and a Chinese companion who had been baptized to Catholicism to form
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16th century Japanese Christian
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjir%C5%8D
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2023-10-22T08:18:22Z
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