In Nagasaki, the beautiful boy Lorenzo is expelled from the Christian church for fathering a child, and lives as a beggar until a great fire. He rushes into the flames to save the baby, and at his death is revealed to be a woman.
Books mentioned in The Martyr (2)
Guia do Pecador by Luis de Granada: “Even if one kept three hundred years of life and joy beyond measure, it would be as a dream beside the endless joys of the world to come. (Keichō translation, Guia do Pecador) [auto-translated]”
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis: “One who has entered the way of goodness will sense a mysterious sweetness in the teaching. (Keichō translation of The Imitation of Christ, Imitatione Christi) [auto-translated]”