_ 65 _ Episodes of the year 1574 Father George de Castro sent a letter to Father Antonio de Pacivino, the Secretary General of the Society of Jesus, Rome, the Fall of 1574, in which he mentioned Christianity in Ormuz:(20) Paras. 3, 4 3. Moving southwards from the north coast along the shore (omitting the fortresses of Sofala and Mozambique which are in Ethiopia,(A) or rather Cafraria, where there are many Christians, and our Fathers(B) came with the new Governor(C) of that conquered possession), the first city is Ormuz, near the Straits, very populous and rich. In past (A) Ethiopia in its widest sense is the region inhabited by black people: for this reason Santos called his work Ethiopia Oriental. (B) Fathers Monclaro and Stephen Lopes. (C) Francisco Barreto, who had in fact already died in July 1573 in the town of Sena. (20) Document no. and reference.
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