idea of a book based on the boys’ travels, one that could also be used for teaching purposes in Jesuit colleges in Japan," but "despite its authors’ intentions," De Missione "made no lasting impact on Japanese perceptions of Europe. The four were subsequently ordained as the first Japanese Jesuit fathers by Alessandro Valignano. Mancio Itō died in Nagasaki on November 13, 1612. Martinho Hara was banished from Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1614, and acted in Macau. He died in Macau on October 23, 1629. Miguel Chijiwa left the Society of Jesus before 1601, and died in Nagasaki on January 23, 1633. Although he is generally believed to have abandoned Christianity, the discovery of what appear to be rosary beads in his grave in 2017 place this in some doubt. Julião Nakaura was caught by the Tokugawa shogunate, and died a martyr by torture in Nagasaki on November 21, 1633. He was beatified on November 24, 2008. Itinerary 1583 February Four Japanese, Mancio Itō, Miguel Chijiwa, Julião Nakaura and Martinho Hara, with Alessandro Valignano, Father Nuno Rodrigues, translator Diogo de Mesquita, and a servant depart Nagasaki. March 9 Macau. Chinese servant joins group. Malacca to Cochin and Goa. September 12 Valignano prepares letter of instructions at Goa and Father Nuno Rodrigues takes charge. 1584 August 10 Lisbon. September Évora. October 1 Toledo Received by Archbishop Gaspar de Quiroga. October 20 Madrid Illness of Hara. November 14 Received by Philip II. November Visits to Empress Maria of Austria and El Escorial. They see the king's Indian rhinoceros. November 26 Alcala de Henares. Christmas: Murcia. 1585 January Alicante. March 1 Livorno, Italy. March 2 Pisa. March 7 Florence. March 22 Arrival in Rome; received at Church of the Gesù by Father General Claudio Acquaviva. Nakaura ill with fever. March 23 From Villa Giulia through throngs to Castle of St. Angelo, then to Vatican to attend Papal consistory in Sala Regia; embraced by Pope Gregory XIII. They dine in the Papal apartments, receive suits of clothes, and present Sixtus folding screens (now lost) depicting Azuchi, site of Nobunaga's castle. April 10 Pope Gregory XIII dies. May 1 Coronation of Pope Sixtus V . May Knighted by Pope Sixtus into the Order of the Golden Spur. June 3 Departure from Rome. June Assisi. June Loreto. June 25 Arrival from Ferrara by riverboat at Chioggia and escorted to Venice, amid great acclaim. July 13