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St. Joseph Vaz, CO,(Konkani: ''Sant Zuze Vaz''; Portuguese: ''São José Vaz''; (シンハラ語:ශාන්ත ජුසේ වාස් පියතුමා) ''Santha Juse Vaz Piyathuma''; (タミル語:புனித ஜோசப் வாஸ்)), 21 April 165116 January 1711) was an Oratorian priest and missionary in Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon. Vaz arrived in Ceylon during the Dutch occupation, when the Dutch were imposing Calvinism as the official religion after taking over from the Portuguese. He travelled throughout the island bringing the Eucharist and the sacraments to clandestine groups of Catholics. Later in his mission, he found shelter in the Kingdom of Kandy where he was able to work freely. By the time of his death, Vaz had managed to rebuild the Catholic Church on the island. As a result of his labors, Vaz is known as the Apostle of Ceylon. On 21 January 1995, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Colombo. He was canonized on 14 January 2015 by Pope Francis in an open-air Mass ceremony at the Galle Face Green in Colombo. Keith Vaz, the Member of Parliament for Leicester East, is a distant relative of the missionary. ==Early life== The third of six children, Vaz was born in 1651 at Benaulim, his mother's village in Goa, then known as Portuguese India, part of the Portuguese Empire.〔Pinto, Pius Fidelis. ''History of Christians in Coastal Karnataka, 1500–1763 AD'', Samanvaya Prakashan, 1999, pp. 210–212〕 His parents, Cristóvão Vaz and Maria de Miranda, were devout Catholics.〔Prabhu, Alan Machado. ''Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians'', I.J.A. Publications, 1999, p. 158〕 Cristóvão belonged to a prominent ''Naik'' family of Sancoale.〔Costa, Cosme Jose. ''Life and achievements of blessed Joseph Vaz: Apostle of Canara and Sri Lanka'', Pilar Publications, 1996, p. 10.〕 He was baptised on the eighth day at the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Benaulim by its pastor, Jacinto Pereira. Vaz attended the elementary school in Sancoale. He learned Portuguese in Sancoale and Latin in Benaulim. He was a bright pupil and respected by his teachers and fellow students.〔 He made such rapid progress in his studies that his father decided to send him to the city of Goa for further studies; where he did a course in rhetoric and humanities at the Jesuit college of St. Paul. He further studied philosophy and theology at the St. Thomas Aquinas' Academy of the Dominicans, in Goa city.〔 In 1675, Vaz was ordained a deacon for the Archdiocese of Goa by Custódio de Pinho, the Vicar Apostolic of Bijapur and Golconda.〔 In 1676, he was ordained a priest by the Archbishop of Goa, António Brandão, S.O.Cist. Soon after his ordination, he started going barefoot to live like the poor and acquired a reputation as a popular preacher and confessor. He opened a Latin school in Sancoale for prospective seminarians. In 1677 he consecrated himself as a "slave of Mary", sealing it with a document known as the "Deed of Bondage".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Vaz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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