Alessandro Valignano, S.J., sometimes Valignani (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān; February 1539 – January 20, 1606), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary...

Yasuke first arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. Nobunaga summoned him out of a desire to see a black man. Subsequently...

exclusive right to trade with Japan. Portuguese-sponsored Jesuits under Alessandro Valignano took the lead in proselytizing in Japan over the objection of the...

Japanese embassy to Europe was originally conceived by the Jesuit Alessandro Valignano, and sponsored by the three Kirishitan daimyōs Ōmura Sumitada (1533–1587)...

– Jacob Quaeckernaeck (?–1606) Father-Visitor Carlo dell'Aqua – Alessandro Valignano (1539–1606) Brother Michael – Miguel Chijiwa (1569?–1633) Captain-General...

clergy, including the founder of the Jesuit college in Macau, Father Alessandro Valignano.[citation needed] The ruins were restored by the Macanese government...

Jesuits in 1580. As appointed "Visitor of Missions in the Indies", Alessandro Valignano was responsible for concluding with Sumitada the terms of the lease...

arrived in Japan in the late-16th century alongside Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano. He found favor with Oda Nobunaga, the daimyō and warlord, and ultimately...

and Japan Paulino Nunes as Father Visitor Carlo Dell'Acqua, SJ (Alessandro Valignano, 1539–1606): A senior Italian priest and the highest-ranking representative...

exclusive right to trade with Japan. Portuguese-sponsored Jesuits under Alessandro Valignano took the lead in proselytizing in Japan over the objection of the...

was invited from Portuguese India expressly to study Chinese, by Alessandro Valignano, founder of St. Paul Jesuit College (Macau), and to prepare for the...

Eastern Missions Alessandro Valignano and Father Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino, were opposed to Cabral's policies and openly resisted them. Valignano opened a school...

later, at St. Paul's College in Macau, an Italian Jesuit priest, Alessandro Valignano, receives news that Ferreira renounced his faith in Japan. In disbelief...

(1530, Italy) was an Italian missionary with the Society of Jesus. Alessandro Valignano (1579, Italy) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary who helped...

orme di Padre Alessandro Valignano: delegazione giapponese in città" [From Minamishimabara in the footsteps of Father Alessandro Valignano: Japanese delegation...

Mozambique? (now  Mozambique) unknown Servant of Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano 1579 Yasuke 弥助 Oda Nobunaga He was given a salary by Nobunaga. He...

Jesuits, such as the Spaniard St. Francis Xavier and the Italian Alessandro Valignano. Portuguese Catholics founded the port of Nagasaki, considered at...

Muneshige, saw his first notable action. Contemporary Italian jesuit Alessandro Valignano has recorded that Muneshige later being adopted as son by Dōsetsu...

1600), and some Europeans became quite fascinated with Japan, with Alessandro Valignano even writing that the Japanese "excel not only all the other Oriental...

possibly a dialect of Konkani or Tamil.) He served as interpreter for Alessandro Valignano during his visit and for vice provincial Gaspar Coelho (1581–1590)...

he was active in Kyushu, but in 1580, he accompanied the visitor Alessandro Valignano as an interpreter on his visit to Japan, and had an audience with...

Western university in East Asia. St. Paul's College was founded by Alessandro Valignano in 1594 by upgrading the previous Madre de Deus School, as a stopover...

was widespread even among the commoner class. The Italian Jesuit, Alessandro Valignano (1539–1606), wrote: "The people are white (not dark-skinned) and...

Yamauchi Chiyo Yoshihime Yoshihiro Kikuhime Foreign people in Japan Alessandro Valignano Francis Xavier Gaspar Coelho Jacob Quaeckernaeck Jan Joosten van...

He has become known as Giovanni Niccolò, but this is an error. Alessandro Valignano, one of the first Jesuit missionaries sent to Japan with Francis...

exclusive right to trade with Japan. Portuguese-sponsored Jesuits under Alessandro Valignano took the lead in proselytizing in Japan over the objection of the...

were as yet untouched by European influence or national endeavor. Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of the Society of Jesus in Asia, was one of the first Jesuits...

Muneshige, saw his first notable action. Contemporary Italian jesuit Alessandro Valignano has recorded that Muneshige was adopted as son by Dōsetsu and inherited...

temples. The activities of European traders and Catholic missionaries (Alessandro Valignano, Luís Fróis, Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino) in Japan saw one of the earliest...

convert to Christianity, resulting in the aforementioned edict. Alessandro Valignano, on 14 December 1582 wrote a letter to Governor-General of the Philippines...