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Ferrari, Onorato

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FERRARI, ONORATO. - Barnabite missionary, b. at Vercelli in 1685, d. there on 1 October 1755. In 1719 he set out for China as legate of Clement XI. He carried out his activity in Beijing: he baptized in secret as many natives as he could, building a hospice for them; he sheltered the sick and abandoned children. Forced to leave Beijing (1722), because of the persecution of the new Emperor, he took refuge in Nanjing. He returned to his homeland on 6 January 1724.

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BIBL.: J. Gobio, Legazione dei pp. O. F. in Cina e Cosincina, Milano 1862; O. Premoli, Storia dei Barnabiti, III, Roma 1925, pp. 41-45, 51-59; G. Bofino, Biblioteca degli scrittori barnabiti, II, Firenze 1933, pp. 10-20; L. Levati, Mendoglio dei Barnabiti, X, Genova 1936, pp. 5-12.

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Colciago, Virginio Maria. “Ferrari, onorato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1194. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ferrari-onorato.

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Colciago, Virginio Maria. “Ferrari, onorato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1194. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ferrari-onorato.

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  author    = {Colciago, Virginio Maria},
  title     = {Ferrari, onorato},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1194},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ferrari-onorato}
}

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