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Nagasaki

Site of Todos os Santos Church

・This is the site of Nagasaki’s first church, Todos os Santos Church. “Todos os Santos” comes from the Portuguese term for “all saints.”
・In 1569, the church was constructed by Father Vilela on the land that Nagasaki Jinzaemon provided to Luís de Almeida.
・In 1597, a Seminário (secondary school), a Collegio (10-year college), and a metal movable-type printing house were temporarily established, attached to the church.
・In 1602 and 1605, a novitiate was opened. In 1612, the Seminário expelled from Arima moved here and remained until the order to ban Christianity was issued.
・In 1620, Todos os Santos Church was destroyed under the ban on Christianity imposed by the Edo Shogunate, and later Shuntoku-ji Temple was constructed on the site. A water well still survives as a structural remnant.

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Luís de Almeida

［Luís de Almeida ］ Luís de Almeida, a missionary of the Society of Jesus, first came to Japan in 1552 and carried out his missionary activities until his death in Amakusa in 1583. He was well versed in medicine and established a hospital in Funai ofin the Bungo region to introduce Western medicine to the Japanese.

Collegio

［Collegio］ The Collegio refers to a school for the training of clergy, founded by Valignano, the Visitator General of the Society of Jesus. It offered higher education in theology, religious studies, philosophy, natural sciences, Latin and others.

Saint

［Saint］ Saint is a title given by the Pope in official recognition of the holiness of those who have devoted their lives to deep faith as martyrs and Christians. A "saint" is added to the list of saints, and a "blessed" is added to the list of blessed persons.

Seminário

［Seminário］ A seminário is now a minor seminary giving a Christian education for training priests and the religious. In those days, music and painting were taught along with Latin at seminários.

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    トードス・オス・サントス教会は、長崎で初めて建った教会である。
    当時使われた井戸には、今も水が湧き出ている。

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