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May 23, 2018 · Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) was an Italian Jesuit missionary who opened China to evangelization. He was the best-known Jesuit and European in China prior to the 20th century. Born at Macerata on Oct. 6, 1552, Matteo Ricci went to Rome in 1568 to study law.
Oct 6, 2011 · 11 May 1610. Peking, China. Summary. Matteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit who went to China as a missionary and introduced the Chinese to Western mathematics. View three larger pictures. Biography. After being educated at home by his parents, Matteo Ricci entered the Jesuit School in Macerata in 1561.
Apr 24, 2017 · BackMission & Vision. Team. Contact. Funding Needs. AboutMission & VisionTeamContactFunding NeedsAnalysisProjects. Matteo Ricci: A Jesuit in the Ming Court. This latest full-length biography of the pioneer missionary Matteo Ricci will set the standard for future accounts of his life.
Matteo Ricci, (born Oct. 6, 1552, Macerata, Papal States—died May 11, 1610, China), Italian Jesuit missionary who introduced Christianity to China. From a noble family, he was educated by the Jesuits, whose order he joined after studying law in Rome.
Matteo Ricci. Matteo Ricci was born in Macerata in 1552, the same year that Francis Xavier died off the coast of China on Shangchuan Island. Although Ricci was not the first Jesuit missionary to enter China, his legacy has perhaps been the most significant.
Dec 18, 2022 · Matteo Ricci began his missionary work in 1582 at Macau, a Portuguese trading colony in southern China, where he began his studies in Mandarin Chinese.
Matteo Ricci SJ ( Italian pronunciation: [ matˈtɛːo ˈrittʃi]; Latin: Matthaeus Riccius; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters. In 2022, the Apostolic See declared its ...
