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Ōmura Sumitada

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Born Nagasaki Prefecture
Japan
Date of died June 23,1587
DiedOmura
Nagasaki Prefecture
Japan
Parents Arima Haruzumi
Children Ōmura Yoshiaki
Shōtō-in
Grandchildren Matsura Takanobu
Great grandchild Matsura Shigenobu
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Ōmura Sumitada Life story


Ōmura Sumitada was a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period. He achieved fame throughout the country for being the first of the daimyo to convert to Christianity following the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries in the mid-16th century. Following his baptism, he became known as "Dom Bartolomeu".

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