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Born 1582 • Brescia
Died August 3, 1649 (aged 67) • Fuzhou • China
Notable Works “Life of Christ”
Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie
Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot
Jesuit missionary
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Giovanni da Montecorvino
Franciscan missionary
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Wang Yangming
Chinese philosopher
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Mary Elizabeth Wood
American librarian and missionary
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Mary Hannah Fulton
American physician and missionary
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Robert Southwell
English poet and martyr
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Robert Morrison
British missionary
Verbiest, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Verbiest
Jesuit missionary
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Francis Xavier Ford
American missionary
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Zhu Yujian
emperor of Nan Ming dynasty
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Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci
Italian Jesuit missionary
Clement XIII
Clement XIII
pope
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Alessandro Valignano
Italian missionary
Clement XIV
Clement XIV
pope
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Saint Paulinus
English bishop
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Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
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Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle