Matteo Ricci
(1552-1610)
Italian Catholic missionary
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Matteo Ricci SJ (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. On the 17 December 2022 the Apostolic See declared its recognition of Ricci's 'heroic virtues', thereby bestowing upon him the honorific of Venerable.
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6 October 1552 Macerata, Papal States
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11 May 1610 (aged 57) Beijing, Ming Empire
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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