_ 167 _ (23) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1545) Diaries were written by the Bishop of Paderi, Miguel Vaz, about the State of India, and were presented to King Dom Joao III, Ivora in November 1545, showing the return of Christianity to Socotra:(23) Extract p. 215-7 The island of Socotra has been populated since very ancient times by Christians; this was the work of St. Thomas the Apostle. These people were until a very short time ago lost and lacking all instruction in the faith. They were very badly treated by certain Moors who came there, seized the Christian girls and converted them to their own religions by force. I have written many times to Your Highness on the solution to this evil. The time came for Our Lord’s mercy. Two Franciscan friars went there for a
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