AMMIRATI, BERNARDINO. - Friar Minor, missionary in China, b. at Montalto in Liguria on 17 Nov. 1827, d. at Wuchang on 22 Jan. 1875. He took the religious habit at the retreat of Greccio in 1845; then, ordained a priest in 1851, he prepared for the apostolate at the missionary college of St. Peter in Montorio in Rome. Having set out for China in 1853 and after staying two months at Hong Kong with the apostolic vicar Rizzolati, perfecting himself in the Chinese language, he went to the province assigned to him, that of Hupeh. There he exercised his ministry until 1871, the year in which he moved to Hunan, to return the following year to Hupeh, where he remained until his death. A. several times endured persecutions and was beaten and reviled by the pagans. His zeal and his proficiency in the Chinese language enabled him to establish several Christian communities. He also wrote in the Chinese language a small manual of medicine for childhood diseases, intended for the baptizers of the Holy Childhood, a second edition of which appeared at Wuchang in 1886.

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Ammirati, Bernardino

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