When Omura Sumitada, who had been baptized, demolished temples and shrines within his domain in 1574, he left only Hoshoji Temple intact to be used as a priest’s house, and constructed a large church on the side. The body of Sumitada was buried here, and Nakibisu-yama, which was believed to be his grave, remained here until World War II.
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