Bernardo the Japanese

[2] Bernardo left Japan for Portuguese India with Xavier in 1551, together with another Japanese person, Mathias, born in Yamaguchi.

[3] Bernardo, with Brother Andreas Fernandes,[1] then left for Portugal, where he arrived in 1553, with a letter written by Francis Xavier in Goa, dated April 8, 1552.

[2] The objective was for Bernardo "to see the Christian religion in all its majesty", so that he could share his experience back in Japan.

[3] After two years, Bernardo left to visit Rome on July 17, 1554, going through Spain to Barcelona, to take a ship to Naples.

[1] Bernardo was highly valued, and gave great hope to the Papacy about the prospects of Catholicism in Japan.