Background
He was born Girolamo degli Angeli at Castro-Giovanni, Sicily.
He was born Girolamo degli Angeli at Castro-Giovanni, Sicily.
University of Palermo.
He was beatified in 1867. Nine years later, he was assigned to the Japanese mission and he immediately set out for Lisbon and the voyage to the Indies. In 1585 he set our from Genoa with Street.Charles Spinola and three others, bound for the College in Goa, to complete his studies in anticipation of ordination.
In 1602 he began his mission in Japan.
He remained there after the publication of the edict expelling all Christian missionaries from the country. The first European on Hokkaido, he was the first missionary to reach Yezo and the Ainu people.
Condemned to death, he underwent public execution by fire.