Historical FigureMale
Matteo Ricci
1552 – 1610
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMatteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit who served in the court of Ming dynasty China and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 world map written in Chinese characters. In 2022, the Apostolic See declared its recognition of Ricci's heroic virtue, thereby bestowing upon him the honorific of a Venerable.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 6, 1552
Macerata
Date of death
May 11, 1610
Beijing
Citizenship
Papal States
Occupations & fields
explorercartographertranslatormissionarypresbytermathematician
Notable works
Kunyu Wanguo QuantuTen Discourses by a Paradoxical ManExplication of the Structure of Heaven and Earth
- Field and occupation
- italský jezuitský misionář
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