Trellado de outra carta do padre Mestre francisco que escreueo ao padre Mestre simão no año de 1549. 1549, Janeiro 20, Cochim.
This abstract describes a historical transcription of a letter authored by Francis Xavier, S.J., dated 20th January 1549 and composed in Cochin, Portuguese India. The document comprises multiple interleaved sections—pages 1, 6, 13, and 16—detailing urgent missionary needs across early modern South a...
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/PY9GG23P/viewer_PY9GG23P.html |
| Summary: | This abstract describes a historical transcription of a letter authored by Francis Xavier, S.J., dated 20th January 1549 and composed in Cochin, Portuguese India. The document comprises multiple interleaved sections—pages 1, 6, 13, and 16—detailing urgent missionary needs across early modern South and East Asia. Key figures include António Pondeiro, Father Gonçalo, Father Cosme de Torres, Friar Vicente, and Martim Afonso de Sousa, Governor and Captain-General of India. Central locations are Hormuz, Diu, Goa, Cochin, Cacotora, Malacca, the Moluccas, the Cape of Comorin, Japan, China, Tartary, and the island of ‘Chinzinguo’ (referenced via testimonies from Paulo de Santa Fé and a Japanese interlocutor educated at the College of Santa Fé in Goa). The letter outlines plans for Xavier’s imminent April 1549 voyage to Japan; advocates for the dispatch of spiritually disciplined, though not necessarily academically trained, Jesuit personnel to India and beyond; reports on persecution of Christians by a Moorish official on Cacotora; requests ecclesiastical intervention—including indulgences for two churches dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Saint Thomas at Carangarox—and urges the Viceroy to expel Moors from Cacotora. It reflects institutional priorities of the nascent Society of Jesus regarding evangelisation, college foundation, pastoral care, and cross-cultural engagement in the Portuguese Estado da Índia. Entry number 172 in catalogue "Jesuítas na Ásia" |
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| Physical Description: | 5 pages |