For other people named Matteo Ricci, see Matteo Ricci (disambiguation).
Venerable
Matteo Ricci
SJ
1610 Chinese portrait of Ricci
Title
Superior General of the China mission
Personal
Born
6 October 1552
Macerata, Papal States
Died
11 May 1610(1610-05-11) (aged 57)
Beijing, Ming Empire
Resting place
Zhalan Cemetery, Beijing
Religion
Catholic Church
Notable work(s)
Kunyu Wanguo Quantu
Order
Society of Jesus
Senior posting
Period in office
1597–1610
Successor
Nicolò Longobardo
Reason for exit
His death
Matteo RicciSJ (Italian pronunciation:[matˈtɛːoˈrittʃi]; 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. In 2022, the Apostolic See declared its recognition of Ricci's heroic virtues, thereby bestowing upon him the honorific of Venerable.[1]
Ricci arrived at the Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1582 where he began his missionary work in China. He mastered the Chinese language and writing system. He became the first European to enter the Forbidden City of Beijing in 1601 when invited by the Wanli Emperor, who sought his services in matters such as court astronomy and calendrical science. He emphasized parallels between Catholicism and Confucianism but opposed Buddhism. He converted several prominent Chinese officials to Catholicism. He also worked with several Chinese elites, such as Xu Guangqi, in translating Euclid's Elements into Chinese as well as the Confucian classics into Latin for the first time in history.
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