Cosme de Torres
1510–1570
Second superior of the Japan mission, 1551–1570
Also written: Cosme de Torres · コスメ・デ・トーレス
The Valencian Jesuit who led the mission for two decades after Xavier's departure, through its poorest and most precarious years. His willingness to meet Japanese custom halfway — decades before Valignano systematised it — kept the enterprise alive.
Full article: The Man Who Stayed: Cosme de Torres and the Long Decade of the Japanese Mission
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