Portuguese Dictionary) 1730 ප්‍රතිකාල් - සිංහල අකාරාදිය (Prathikaal Sinhala Akaaradiya = Portuguese Sinhala Dictionary) 1720 ප්‍රතිකාල් - දෙමළ - සිංහල අකාරාදිය (Prathikaal Demala Sinhala Akaaradiya = Portuguese Tamil Sinhala Dictionary) 1735 Other Books (Sinhala) සත්‍ය උපදේශ (Sathya Upadesha) Tamil Books சட்டிய வேதாகம சம்க்ஷேபம் (Sattiya Vedagama Samshepam) கிறிஸ்டியானி ஆலயம் (Kiristiyani Aalayam) - The oldest prayer book in Tamil in Sri Lanka வியாகுல பிரசங்கம் (Viyakula Pirasangam) - Tamil version of Dukprapthi Prasangaya சுவிசேஷ விரித்துறை (Suvisesha Viriththurai) - Tamil version of Suvishesha Visarjanaya Hymns Fr. Jacome Gonsalves wrote and translated many hymns during his lifetime. Many of those are still in common use in the Roman Catholic Church. Those did a massive service to the Catholic Literature in Sri Lanka. He introduced a new variety of hymns, or lamentations called Pasan (පසම් / ஒப்பாரி), which are still being sung in the lent times. And Sinhala Christmas Carols were introduced by him. Some of very popular hymns written by him are as follows: දෙවිදු උපන්නේය සතුනි (Devidu Upanneya = Jesus was born) ත්‍රී එක සුර ජේසුනේ (Three Eka Sura Jesune) ආරම්බෙන් පෙර (Aaramben Pera = Before the beginning) Paintings Fr. Jacome Gonsalves has also done a number of paintings on the Stations of the Cross. These paintings are now found at the church of Our Lady of Assumption, Bolawatta. Prayers Many prayers have also been made and translated by him. Still these are one of most being used prayers till these days. Some of the prayers made or translated by him are as follows: නමෝ මරියනි (Namo Mariyani = Hail Mary) ස්වාමිවාක් ආරාධනාව (Swamiwak Aradanawa = Lord's Prayer) කයදුෂ්කාර ප්‍රාර්ථනාව (Kayadushkaara Praarthanaawa) Death Fr. Jacome Gonsalves came to Bolawatta church in 1740. There he wrote and published many books. He chose there as the meeting place of the all missionaries who were in Sri Lanka. He died on 17 July 1742, at an age of 66. He was buried in the Church of Our Lady of Assumption, Bolawatta. Reliquaries His tomb was opened in 1852, by Fr. Florentine Gracia. Some of his bones were found there and a bone was kept in the altar of the new church. And then the tomb was sealed. When it was opened again, his cross and a tooth were taken out. The tooth has been kept in the church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Nainamadama. It is owned by Muthunamagonnage Niroshan Pranadu for generations. Secondary bibliography Fernandopulle, Anthony.