Miguel de Carvalho was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary born in Braga in 1579. After studying theology in Goa, he traveled through various regions including Manila and Macau before arriving in Japan in 1621. During a period of intense religious persecution under the Tokugawa shogunate, he attempted to continue his work by disguising himself as a soldier. He was eventually arrested in Ōmura and executed alongside several companions, facing death for his religious convictions.