Joam Mattheus Adami, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJoam Mattheus Adami
Italian Jesuit missionary
Date of Birth: 17-May-1576
Place of Birth: Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy
Date of Death: 22-Oct-1633
Profession: missionary
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Joam Mattheus Adami
- Joam Mattheus Adami, (Italian: Giovanni Matteo Adami) (17 May 1576 – 22 September 1633) was a Jesuit missionary born in Mazara del Vallo (Sicilian: Mazzara), in the south-west of Sicily.
- Adami left for Macau in 1602, travelling via India, and reached Japan in 1604 after completing his studies.
- He served as the chief priest of the rectory of Yanagawa in Chikugo Province and was exiled to Macau in November 1614.
- However, he returned to Japan in July 1618.
- He pursued his missionary activities primarily in Oshu.
- He was captured and martyred at the gallows and the pit (Japanese: ana tsurushi) in Nagasaki on 22 September 1633.
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