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The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China is part of the history of relations between China and the Western world. The missionary efforts and other work of the Society of Jesus , or Jesuits, between the 16th and 17th century played a significant role in continuing the transmission of knowledge, science, and culture between China and ...
Ivan Vreman S.J. (1619-1620) - Croatian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician Andrius Rudamina S.J. (1620-1630s) - Lithuanian Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell S.J. (1592–1666) - German Jesuit missionary and astronomer
Jesuit missionaries in Tibet (3 P) Pages in category "Jesuit missionaries in China" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
Giuseppe Castiglione, S.J. (simplified Chinese: 郞世宁; traditional Chinese: 郞世寧; pinyin: Láng Shìníng; 19 July 1688 – 17 July 1766), was an Italian Jesuit brother and missionary in China, where he served as an artist at the imperial court of three Qing emperors – the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors. He painted in a ...
The Jesuits of the Jesuit China missions made efforts to adopt Chinese customs. Here Nicolas Trigault (1577–1628) in Chinese costume, by Peter Paul Rubens.. Unlike the American landmass, which had been conquered by military force by Spain and Portugal, European missionaries encountered in Asia united, literate societies that were as yet untouched by European influence or national endeavor.
He Tianzhang SJ (Chinese: 何天章, 1667 – 11 May 1736), also known as Francisco Xavier do Rosário, [a] was a Jesuit missionary in Qing China.He mostly worked in Shanxi, where he contended against the restrictions on Chinese Rites.
The Jesuits, or Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, have had a long history of missions in East and South Asia from their very foundation in the 16th century. [1] St. Francis Xavier, a friend of St. Ignatius of Loyola and co-founder of the Society, visited India, the Moluques, Japan and died (1552) as he was attempting to enter ...
Gabriel de Magalhães (Chinese: 安文思; pinyin: Ānwénsī; 1610 – 6 May 1677), or gallicized as Gabriel Magaillans, was an early Portuguese Jesuit missionary to China who was one of the first Catholic missionaries to reach Sichuan. He also worked in Peking and founded the original St. Joseph's Church there.