Cosme de Torrès

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Cosme de Torres
Missionary
Born	1510
Died	1570
Feast
Saints Portal

Cosme de Torres (b. 1510, Valencia - d October 2, 1570, Amakusa, island of the prefecture of present Kumamoto, Japan), a Spanish Jesuit of sixteenth century, was one of the Jesuits who started the Christian missions in Japan.

[edit] See also

• Francis Xavier
• Sengoku period
• Exploration of Asia

[edit] External links

• http://www.manresa-sj.org/stamps/1_Torres.htm

[edit] References

• Diego Pacheco, S. J., El hombre que forjó a Nagasaki. Vida del P. Cosme de Torres, S. J. Madrid, 1973.
• Antonio Cabezas, El siglo ibérico del Japón. La presencia hispano-portuguesa en Japón (1543-1643). Valladolid, 1994.