Camillus Costanzo

[1] The Jesuit Order sent Father Costanzo to China; but the Portuguese prevented his entrance into that country.

He learned the Japanese language quickly; and he successfully encouraged converts in the region near the city of Sakai.

[1] Despite the dangers involved in ignoring the Tokugawa shogunate's exclusionary laws (sakoku), he returned in 1621.

Disguised as a soldier, he managed to elude capture until April 24, 1622 when he was arrested on the island of Hirado off the western coast of Kyushu.

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The monument to Costanzo Camillus, Jesuit martyr, located in the mainland part of the modern city of Hirado , formerly the town of Tabira
Park setting for the monument to Father Costanzo