Matteo Ricci

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Matteo Ricci was a pioneering Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar who introduced Western science, mathematics, and Christianity to late Ming dynasty China while engaging deeply with Chinese language and culture.

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Matteo Ricci canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Jesuit missionary ⓘ
Roman Catholic saint candidate ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
missionary to China ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
sinologist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
approach adoption of Confucian terminology for Christianity ⓘ
cultural accommodation ⓘ
arrivedInBeijing 1601 ⓘ
arrivedInMacau 1582 ⓘ
arrivedInMainlandChina 1583 ⓘ
birthDate 1552-10-06 ⓘ
birthPlace Macerata ⓘ
Marche ⓘ
linked to: Marche region

Papal States ⓘ
burialPlace Beijing ⓘ
Zhalan Cemetery ⓘ
causeForCanonizationStatus Servant of God ⓘ
ChineseName 利瑪竇 ⓘ
ChineseNamePinyin Lì Mǎdòu ⓘ
collaboratedWith Li Zhizao ⓘ
Xu Guangqi ⓘ
Yang Tingyun ⓘ
commemoratedOn May 11 ⓘ
controversy Chinese Rites Controversy precursor ⓘ
coTranslated Elements of Euclid into Chinese ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Papal States ⓘ
courtTitle Western scholar at the Ming court ⓘ
dateOfOrdination 1580 ⓘ
deathDate 1610-05-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Beijing ⓘ
Ming dynasty ⓘ
describedAs one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China mission ⓘ
pioneer of modern Sino–Western relations ⓘ
educatedAt Collegio Romano ⓘ
Jesuit Roman College ⓘ
enteredReligiousOrder 1571 ⓘ
era late Ming dynasty ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
fieldOfWork Chinese classics ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasMemorial Beijing ⓘ
Macerata ⓘ
honoredBy Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ
Pope Francis ⓘ
influenced Jesuit accommodationist approach in China ⓘ
Li Zhizao ⓘ
Xu Guangqi ⓘ
Yang Tingyun ⓘ
influencedBy Ignatius of Loyola ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
introducedToChina Euclidean geometry ⓘ
Western astronomy ⓘ
Western world maps ⓘ
mechanical clocks ⓘ
knownFor Jesuit China missions ⓘ
adopting Confucian literati style ⓘ
cultural exchange between Europe and China ⓘ
introducing Christianity to late Ming China ⓘ
introducing Western mathematics to China ⓘ
introducing Western science to China ⓘ
world map in Chinese ⓘ
languageSpoken Classical Chinese ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
laterBasedInNanchang 1595 ⓘ
laterBasedInNanjing 1598 ⓘ
memberOf Society of Jesus ⓘ
missionStartInAsia 1578 ⓘ
movement Jesuit China mission ⓘ
name Matteo Ricci ⓘ
nativeName Matteo Ricci ⓘ
notableWork Jiren shipian ⓘ
Kunyu Wanguo Quantu ⓘ
The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven ⓘ
Tianzhu shiyi ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
priest ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
portraitLocation Macerata ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Society of Jesus ⓘ
settledInZhaoqing 1583 ⓘ
usedChineseTermForGod Shangdi ⓘ
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)

Tianzhu ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xu Guangqi → collaboratedWith → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Xu Guangqi → influencedBy → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Jesuit missionaries → notableMember → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Chinese Rites controversy → involves → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Alessandro Valignano → mentorOf → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Alessandro Valignano → associatedWith → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Xu Guangqi → collaboratedWith → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
subject linked to: Zixian
Xu Guangqi → collaboratedWith → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
subject linked to: Xuanhu
Matteo Ricci → name → Matteo Ricci ⓘ
Matteo Ricci → nativeName → Matteo Ricci ⓘ