Outra do pe. mestre francisco a 10 de Nouenbro de 1545 que escreueo de Malaca Pera o Pe. Maestro Simão da companhia de Jesus.
This abstract describes a historical Jesuit correspondence comprising two letters dated 30 January and 10 November 1545, authored by Father Master Francisco de Almeida, S.J., and written from Malacca during the early Portuguese missionary expansion in maritime Southeast Asia. The letters detail his...
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1545-11-10
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Ecclesiastical Administration
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Francis Xavier, Saint
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Ignatian spirituality
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Jesuit Correspondence
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Kanyakumari Cape
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Malaca
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Malacca mission
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Mocacares catechesis
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Portuguese missionary expansion
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Rodrigues, Pe. M. Simão
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Saint Thomas the Apostle shrine
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Sulawesi evangelisation
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Sumatra missions
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hospital ministry
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vernacular liturgy
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women’s religious instruction
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/YT3W3SWC/viewer_YT3W3SWC.html |
| Summary: | This abstract describes a historical Jesuit correspondence comprising two letters dated 30 January and 10 November 1545, authored by Father Master Francisco de Almeida, S.J., and written from Malacca during the early Portuguese missionary expansion in maritime Southeast Asia. The letters detail his itinerant ministry across São Tomé (identified as the reputed burial site of Saint Thomas the Apostle), Goa, the Macassar Islands (Sulawesi), Sumatra, and the Cape of Comorin (Kanyakumari), with references to Emeyo (possibly Amboina) and Eguab (likely Goa or Cochin). Key figures include João de Fero, a lay missionary companion; Dom Eduardo Afonso de Gouveia, a Portuguese official implicated in commercial failure; and Clínha, a merchant. Central themes encompass baptismal activity among non-settled populations, vernacular liturgical adaptation for the Mocacares, hospital ministry, catechetical instruction of women and girls, shrine guardianship, and urgent appeals for additional Jesuit personnel. The document provides primary evidence of Ignatian spiritual priorities, colonial ecclesiastical administration, intercultural religious encounter, and logistical challenges confronting early modern Catholic missions in the Indian Ocean world. Entry number 10 in catalogue "Jesuítas na Ásia" |
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