One night, while in meditation, a man of "majestic aspect" appeared to him,[3] and said to him, "Take courage; within one year you will traverse the sea, and, after much work and fatigue, you will obtain the object of your desire.
[4] Allured by the life of the Buddhist monks, he felt that he had found what he had been seeking for many years, and went to live in one of the most famous pagodas in Kyoto.
Then a "child of a charming beauty" appeared to him in his dream, comforting him,[3] saying, "Fear no more, you are close to obtaining the happiness you desire."
In The Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri, it is said that: "One day during sleep it seemed to him that the house was on fire: a little while afterwards a young child of ravishing beauty appeared to him, and announced to him that he would soon meet what he desired; at the same time he felt himself quite well, though he had been sick.
[3] In 1614, he went to the Spanish Philippines to work as a servant to Dom Justo Takayama, a samurai who had been exiled for his Catholic faith.
[6] On 15 November 1624, Caius was burnt at the stake with James Coici (Koichi), a Japanese Catholic,[3][5] after he was arrested for harbouring missionaries.