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Francis Xavier was a Jesuit who was the first to bring Christianity to Japan.

Christians were expelled from Japan in the early seventeenth century.
( Portuguese Macao/Macau )

Tens of thousands of remaining Japanese Christians were executed and persecuted.

One of the 26 Christians (日本二十六聖人, Nihon Nijūroku Seijin) who were the first martyred in Nagasaki on Feb. 5, 1597 was 14 year old Thomas Kozaki.
He wrote a letter to his mother:

YOU SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT ME AND MY FATHER, MICHAEL. I HOPE TO SEE YOU BOTH VERY SOON, THERE IN PARADISE. ALTHOUGH YOU NEED THE PRIESTS, IF YOU ARE DEEPLY SORRY FOR YOUR SINS AND HAVE MUCH DEVOTION AT THE HOUR OF YOUR DEATH, AND IF YOU REMEMBER AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY BLESSINGS OF JESUS CHRIST, THEN YOU WILL BE SAVED. AND BEAR IN MIND THAT EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD HAS TO COME TO AN END, AND SO STRIVE SO THAT YOU WILL NOT LOSE THE HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN. WHATEVER MEN MAY IMPOSE ON YOU, TRY TO HAVE PATIENCE AND SHOW MUCH CHARITY FOR EVERYONE.

REMEMBER TO HAVE GREAT SORROW FOR YOUR SINS, FOR THIS ALONE IS IMPORTANT. ALTHOUGH HE SINNED AGAINST GOD, ADAM WAS SAVED BY HIS SORROW AND PENANCE.

THE 2ND DAY OF THE TWELFTH MOON, IN MIHARA FORTRESS, IN THE KINGDOM OF AKI.

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Jesuits of Asia

The Society of Jesus also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits

Jesuit - Je suit ( I follow )
established in Paris France 1540
taking the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience

ᵀʰᵉ ˢᵘᵖᵖʳᵉˢˢⁱᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵒᶜⁱᵉᵗʸ ᵒᶠ ᴶᵉˢᵘˢ ʷᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵉᵐᵒᵛᵃˡ ᵒᶠ ᵃˡˡ ᵐᵉᵐᵇᵉʳˢ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᴶᵉˢᵘⁱᵗˢ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵐᵒˢᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵂᵉˢᵗᵉʳⁿ ᴱᵘʳᵒᵖᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉⁱʳ ʳᵉˢᵖᵉᶜᵗⁱᵛᵉ ᶜᵒˡᵒⁿⁱᵉˢ ᵇᵉᵍⁱⁿⁿⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ¹⁷⁵⁹ ᵃˡᵒⁿᵍ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ᵃᵇᵒˡⁱᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒʳᵈᵉʳ ᵇʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᴴᵒˡʸ ˢᵉᵉ ⁱⁿ ¹⁷⁷³.

Francis Xavier
Born: April 7, 1506, Javier, Spain
Died: December 3, 1552, Shangchuan Island, Jiangmen ⁸²ᵏᵐ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᴾᵒʳᵗᵘᵍᵘᵉˢᵉ ᴹᵃᶜᵃᵒ

Venerated in: Catholic Church; Anglican Communion; Lutheranism