_ 346 _ In the same year (1555) Father Antonio de Heredia in the Society of Jesus sent a letter to the priest Ignacio de Loyola, the General Superior of the Society of Jesus in Rome, Ormuz, on the 24th of October 1555, mentioning that the King of Ormuz was about to convert to Christianity, and that his wives had become Christians:(36) Very Reverend Father in Christ, The grace and love of Our Lord Jesus Christ be always in favour of and help to your reverence. Amen You have had news from Cochin of the situation in that city and the spiritual fruit which has been gathered there in the year and a half I have lived there, through confessions and preaching and other acts(A), (A) This letter was dated 20 December 1552. Cf Documenta Indica, Vol 11 547-49. (36) Document no. and reference.
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