Ōmura Sumitada
Ōmura Sumitada 大村純忠 | |
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Ōmura Sumitada with a Cross | |
| Daimyō of Ōmura | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1533 |
| Died | June 23, 1587 |
| Children | Dona Lucia |
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| Occupation | Samurai |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Attacks on Nagasaki (1574–1579) |
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Ōmura Sumitada (大村 純忠, 1533 – June 23, 1587) was a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period. He became famous throughout the country for being the first of the daimyo to convert to Christianity following the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries in the mid-16th century. Following his baptism, he became known as "Dom Bartolomeu". Sumitada is also known as the lord who opened the port of Nagasaki to foreign trade.