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Rev Fr Gabriel de Magalhães Famous memorial

Birth
Coimbra Municipality, Coimbra, Portugal
Death
6 May 1677 (aged 66–67)
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
Burial
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China Add to Map
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Early missionary to China. Gabriel de Magalhães (Chinese: 安文思; pinyin: Ānwénsī), or gallicized as Gabriel Magaillans, was an early Portuguese Jesuit missionary to China who founded the original St. Joseph's Church in Peking.
Early missionary to China. Gabriel de Magalhães (Chinese: 安文思; pinyin: Ānwénsī), or gallicized as Gabriel Magaillans, was an early Portuguese Jesuit missionary to China who founded the original St. Joseph's Church in Peking.

Bio by: Paul Evans


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  • Added: Jan 3, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235544738/gabriel-de_magalh%C3%A3es: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Fr Gabriel de Magalhães (1610–6 May 1677), Find a Grave Memorial ID 235544738, citing Zhalan Cemetery, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China; Maintained by Find a Grave.