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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
Giovanni da Montecorvino
Franciscan missionary
Wang Yangming
Chinese philosopher
Mary Elizabeth Wood
American librarian and missionary
Mary Hannah Fulton
American physician and missionary
Robert Southwell
English poet and martyr
Robert Morrison
British missionary
Francis Xavier Ford
American missionary
Zhu Yujian
emperor of Nan Ming dynasty
Paramārtha
Indian Buddhist missionary and translator
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci
Italian Jesuit missionary
Clement XIII
Clement XIII
pope
Alessandro Valignano
Italian missionary
Clement XIV
Clement XIV
pope
Saint Paulinus
English bishop
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader