Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Saints & hagiography

Ansaloni, Giordano (Giordano di Santo Stefano)

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ANSALONI, Giordano (Giordano di Santo Stefano). - Dominican, martyr of Japan. Born at S. Stefano (Agrigento) in 1600, he was sent to Salamanca to pursue his studies there. In 1625 he obtained permission to leave for the Philippines and spent several years in Manila as a confessor at a hospital. Having learned Chinese and Japanese, in 1632 he entered Japan secretly, where the persecution was raging (v. CIAPPONESI, MARTIRI). Captured at Nagasaki in Aug. 1634, after atrocious tortures he died on 18 Nov. of the same year, sharing martyrdom with seventy other Christians. A master of several languages, he made translations and also wrote a book on Chinese idols and sects, which remained unfinished and of which only a record survives.

Bibliography

BIBL.: L. Pagès, Histoire de la Religion Chrétienne au Japon, Paris 1901. Romeo Bellotti

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By Romeo Bellotti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1403.

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Bellotti, Romeo. “Ansaloni, giordano (giordano di santo stefano).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1403. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/ansaloni-giordano-giordano-di-santo-stefano.

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Bellotti, Romeo. “Ansaloni, giordano (giordano di santo stefano).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1403. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ansaloni-giordano-giordano-di-santo-stefano.

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@incollection{ec1_ansaloni_giordano_giordano_di,
  author    = {Bellotti, Romeo},
  title     = {Ansaloni, giordano (giordano di santo stefano)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1403},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ansaloni-giordano-giordano-di-santo-stefano}
}

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