RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Matteo Ricci

1552 - 1610

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Matteo Ricci (Italian: [matˈtɛːo ˈrittʃi]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matteo Ricci has received more than 857,193 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Matteo Ricci is the 380th most popular religious figure (down from 314th in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from Italy (down from 370th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Matteo Ricci was a Jesuit missionary to China in the late 16th century. He is most famous for introducing Western science and mathematics to China, as well as Western religious thought.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Matteo Ricci ranks 380 out of 3,187. Before him are Parascheva of the Balkans, Alcuin, Muhammad al-Baqir, Pope Martin I, Pope Fabian, and Abu Mansur al-Maturidi. After him are Pope Zachary, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Simeon Stylites, Pope Hormisdas, Pope Boniface VI, and Pope Benedict II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Matteo Ricci ranks 4. Before him are Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Paul V, and Boris Godunov. After him are Vasili IV of Russia, Hans von Aachen, Lavinia Fontana, Seonjo of Joseon, Jost Bürgi, Edmund Spenser, Dom Justo Takayama, and Petrus Plancius. Among people deceased in 1610, Matteo Ricci ranks 3. Before him are Caravaggio, and Henry IV of France. After him are Ludolph van Ceulen, François Ravaillac, Honda Tadakatsu, Adam Elsheimer, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Anna of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and Hasegawa Tōhaku.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Matteo Ricci ranks 434 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Pope Martin I (590), Pietro Badoglio (1871), Pope Fabian (200), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-89), and Cesare Beccaria (1738). After him are Gaius Cassius Longinus (-87), Pope Zachary (679), Pope Hormisdas (450), Pope Boniface VI (800), Renzo Piano (1937), and Pope Benedict II (635).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Matteo Ricci ranks 173. Before him are Pope Anastasius I (340), Pope Soter (120), Pope Clement III (1130), Pope Sergius I (650), Pope Martin I (590), and Pope Fabian (200). After him are Pope Zachary (679), Pope Hormisdas (450), Pope Boniface VI (800), Pope Benedict II (635), Pope Nicholas III (1215), and Pope Benedict VI (900).

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