Roman Catholic Missionaries in China - Francis Xavier, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Giulio Alenio, Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier, Matteo Ricci (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: Francis Xavier, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Giulio Alenio, Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier, Matteo Ricci, Alessandro Valignano, Ferdinand Verbiest, Bento de Gois, Martino Martini, Evariste Regis Huc, Micha Boym, Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae, Gabriele Allegra, Philippe Couplet, Jean-Baptiste Regis, Francis Xavier Ford, Three Pillars of Chinese Catholicism, Alexander de Rhodes, Nicolas Trigault, Michele Ruggieri, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Armand David, Joachim Bouvet, Jan Miko aj Smogulecki, Auguste Chapdelaine, Francis Ferdinand de Capillas, Johann Grueber, Alberic Crescitelli, Johann Schreck, Sabatino de Ursis, Antonio de Andrade, Albert d'Orville, Dominique Parrenin, Barry O'Toole, Francesco della Penna, Matteo Ripa, Domingo Fernandez Navarrete, Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville, Pierre Marie Heude, Alvaro Semedo, Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Claude de Visdelou, Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer, Edward Galvin, Charles Le Gobien, Michel Benoist, Giuseppe Castiglione, Caspar Castner, Benedict of Poland, Peter Heier, Gregory Grassi, Thomas Pereira, Jean-Francois Foucquet, Roman Hinderer, List of Roman Catholic missionaries in China, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Felix Biet, Frederic-Vincent Lebbe, Joseph Henri Marie de Premare, James of Ireland, Baldassare Cittadella. Excerpt: Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier-Duperron C.M.(Chinese: Pinyin: Fan Guoliang Wade-Giles: Fan Kouo-Leang) (born 22 September 1837 at Marsannay-la-Cote, France; died 4 April 1905 in Beijing) was the controversial Roman Catholic (Chinese: Pinyin: Tianzhu jiao; Lord of Heaven Religion) Lazarite Vicar Apostolic of Northern Chi-Li ( ) (later Chihli; now Hebei), China (now incorporating the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing) and titular bishop of Pentacomia from 13 April 1899 until his death in 1905. During the Boxer Uprising of 1900, Favier was respons...