The Wise Man From the West: Fr. Matteo Ricci and His Mission to China Prayer/Spirituality Patron Saints for Girls

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The Wise Man From the West: Fr. Matteo Ricci and His Mission to China Prayer/Spirituality Patron Saints for GirlsThis is the amazing story of the famous Jesuit missionary priest to China, Fr. Matteo Ricci, revered as a "Wise Man" by the Chinese. He arrived in China in 1582 and died there twenty eight years later, having developing a deep knowledge of and love for the country, the culture and the people. Before Ricci's heroic mission, China was an unexplored land bordering on the vague, mysterious Cathay, and the West was no more than a rumor to the learned