Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church

Xavier preached in Yamaguchi in 1550–51 with the permission of the daimyo Ōuchi Yoshitaka. The memorial church built in 1952 burned in 1991 and was rebuilt in its current striking form in 1998.

• ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/山口サビエル記念聖堂
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier
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• Hesselink, The Dream of Christian Nagasaki
• Christian Facilities in Nagasaki (maps)
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