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Italian Jesuit missionary

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Matteo Ricci
Italian-born priest Father Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) was a Jesuit missionary to China.
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Father Matteo Ricci and his first convert
Matteo Ricci and his first convert; illustration from a Chinese manuscript, c. 1667.
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