Alessandro Valignano
Alessandro Valignano | |
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 c. 1599 portrait | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
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| Born | February 1539 |
| Died | January 20, 1606 (aged 66) |
Alessandro Valignano, S.J., sometimes Valignani (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān; February 1539 – January 20, 1606), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary born in Chieti, part of the Kingdom of Naples, who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan.