_ 248 _ In the same year (1585) Father Alessandro Valinano, the regional Society of Jesus Christ, sent a letter to Father Claudio Acquaviva, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus Christ in Rome, Goa, on the 17th of December 1585, mentioning the submission of Ethiopia to the Church of Rome:(43) As for the Fathers in Ethiopia, I do not know what can be done. It is rather more than twenty days since we had letters from them, and they say that those who are still alive are well but tired and old, these being Father António Fernández and Father Francisco Lopes, and they are both afraid of being left alone by the other one dying.(A) This year an Italian called Giovanni Battista(B) came here by way of (A) The first to die was Fr.António Fernandes, who passed away in May 1593. (B) Giovanni Battista Britti, sent by Pope Gregory XIII to the emperor (43) Document no. and reference.
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