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ce Fr. Jerome Xavier : born at Buro, in the Diocese of 

 Pampeluna, was Rector of the College of Bassein and Cochin 

 during 8 years ; Superior of the Professed House, Goa, 2 years ; 

 Master of Novices, 1 year; professed, Jan. 15, 1584; died 

 at Goa, June 27, 1617. In 1605, he is said to have been 12 

 years Superior of the Mission and to be in the 56th year of his 

 age, and the 37th of his religious life." 1 



u Fr. Emmanuel Pinheiro : born in 1544 at Pontadelgado 

 in the Island of St. Michael ; entered the Society, March 6, 

 1573; took the simple vows, June 15 [13?], 1598 ; was in the 

 Mogor Mission from ' 1594.' " 



" Bro. Benedict de Goes : born in the Island of St. Michael; 

 took his last vows, June 13, 1598 ; was in the Mission from 

 '1593'; died ■ in insula Cathayo' , Apr. 11, 1607. In Dec. 

 1599, he was in the 37th year of his age and the 11th of his 

 religious life/ ' He joined the Order in India. 



1594, '95, *9&, '97, '98, '99.— The same. 



1600. — At Agra: Fathers J. Xavier, Sebastian Barreto and 



Bro. B. Goes. 



At Lahore : Fathers E. Pinheiro and [Francis] Corci 



[Corsi]. 



Fr. Sebastian Barreto: born at Aveiro, in the Diocese 

 of Coimbra, in 1567 ; entered the Novitiate in 1584 ; went to 

 India and laboured in the Missions of the Province of Goa ; 

 was Rector of the College of Diu, and died at Goa in 1625. 

 To these details given by Sotwel, Fr. de Backer substitutes 

 the following: — "born in 1587 and died at the age of 

 41." Barbosa, on the other hand, states that he was 

 born in 1585 at S. Joao do Loure. Cf. Sommervogel. Bibl. de 

 la C. de J. — Fr. Van Meurs writes that he was born in 1566 

 at Aveiro in the Diocese of Coimbra, had entered the Society 

 in 1584; was Superior of Diu in 1605, and made his profession 

 on Feb. 5, 1606. 



" Fr. Francis Corsi: an Italian ; came to Goa in 1599; was 

 in the Mission [of Mogor] from 1599; professed in 1612; died 

 in Mogor, Aug. 1 , 1635. " He is the Padre A task, the Florentine, 

 mentioned by Bernier. Cf. W. Irvine, Storia do Mogor, I, 

 161; IV, 421, and J.A.S.B., 1910, pp.453, 458. 



1601, '02, 'OS, '04.— Nothing is changed. 



1605. — Fathers J. Xavier, [Anthony] Machado. E. Pinheiro, 

 F. Corci, and Bro. B. Goes. 



1 The '* •* contain notes from first-rate sources by Fr. J. B. 



Van Meurs, S.J. 



