Active during the 17th century AD, Peter, or Petro as he was known in Portuguese, he was one of few Japanese people to visit major cities west of his native Japan, such as Rome and Jerusalem.
However, he and other Japanese knew it would be hard to be priests because of nationality discrimination, so they left the school to go to Rome.
After a difficult journey that lasted three years he arrived in Rome after sailing through the Mediterranean Sea.
Kibe made the decision to return to Japan; a dangerous undertaking due to the decision of Tokugawa Ieyasu to ban Christianity and the entry of Christian missionaries, owing to the perceived poor behaviour of the Jesuits.
He traveled around Southeast Asia, and then finally he succeeded in boarding a ship from Manila to Japan in 1630.
On May 7, 2006, the Roman Curia Congregation for the Causes of Saints decided Father Kibe and other 187 Japanese Christians who were martyred should be declared blessed.