Cosme de Torres

Cosme de Torres
Bornc. 1510
Valencia, Spain
DiedOctober 2, 1570(1570-10-02) (aged 60)
Amakusa, Japan

Cosme de Torres (1510 – October 2, 1570) was a Spanish Jesuit from Valencia and one of the first Christian missionaries in Japan. He was born in Valencia and died in Amakusa, an island now in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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