Aimé Villion

Aimé Villion (also known in Japanese as アマトス・ビリオン from Latin Amatus Villion), (September 2, 1843 – April 1, 1932) was a French missionary affiliated with the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He came to Japan in October 1868 (the first year of the Meiji era), and while conducting missionary activities in Kobe, Kyoto, Yamaguchi, Hagi, Nara, etc., he devoted himself to researching Christian historical sites and building monuments to commemorate martyrs.