Luís Fróis
Luís Fróis | |
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Born | 1532 |
Died | 8 July 1597 | (aged 64–65)
Nationality | Portuguese |
Occupation(s) | Portuguese Missionary, writer |
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Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese missionary who worked in Asia during the second half of the 16th century.
Biography
Fróis was born in
During his stay in
"Mass baptisms in this village took place on 25 August 1560. The priests who had been sent to make preparations for the christening were asleep when at midnight of the 24th, more than 200 persons (men, women and children) knocked at their door and declared that they wished to become Christians. The women were very well dressed and wore plenty of gold. The men were also well dressed with feathers in their caps and guns on their shoulders. This group was led by one man named Camotim. He wore scarlet satin pants, had a silver sword at his waist and a gun on his shoulder. All of them were baptised on the above-mentioned day. These people belonged to the Chardo class, consisting of warriors, men of a much better personality than the Bamonns."
Fróis became a priest and confessor in 1561 after completing his theological studies in Goa.
Fróis wrote a book about the history and custom of Japan, titled Historia de Iapam. In it he gave details about the Jesuit mission in Japan and its most important figures. He described the destruction of Buddhist and Shinto temples as victories over the devil and that Jesuits like Gaspar Coelho encouraged the destruction despite resistance from Japanese Christian nobles.[6]
Cultural references
He was portrayed by Terry O'Brien in the Japanese TV series Hideyoshi. A fictionalized version of Luís Fróis appears in the Capcom game Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams[7] and the Japanese light novel The Ambition of Oda Nobuna.
See also
- Francis Xavier
- Gaspar Vilela
- Francisco Cabral
- Alessandro Valignano
- List of Westerners who visited Japan before 1868
References
- ^ ISBN 978-981-15-0017-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-351-87181-5.
- ^ Pinto, Pius Fidelis (1999). History of Christians in coastal Karnataka, 1500–1763 A.D. Mangalore: Samanvaya Prakashan. p. 166.
- ISBN 978-90-04-29720-3.
- ISSN 0018-246X.
- ISBN 978-3-11-064018-2.
- ^ "Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (Video Game)". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2023-06-27.