1. Anjirōor Yajirō, later known as Paulo de Santa Fé, was a Japanese interpreter from Satsuma Province. After committing a murder, he fled to the province of Goa, where he met Saint Francis Xavier (1506–1552) and returned to Japan with him as an interpreter. Anjirō had a unique outlook on the ways of Japan, which gained the interest of missionaries at Goa.
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