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Michele Ruggieri

1543 - 1607

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Michele Ruggieri, SJ (born Pompilio Ruggieri and known in China as Luo Mingjian; 1543 – 11 May 1607) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary. A founding father of the Jesuit China missions, co-author of the first European–Chinese dictionary, and first European translator of the Four Books of Confucianism, he has been described as the first European sinologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Ruggieri is the 2,467th most popular writer (up from 2,752nd in 2019), the 2,348th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,576th in 2019) and the 159th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michele Ruggieri ranks 2,467 out of 7,302. Before him are Dares Phrygius, Jules Supervielle, Juan de Valdés, Ron Kovic, Umberto Saba, and Tanya Savicheva. After him are Alfréd Wetzler, Forrest J Ackerman, Karel Hynek Mácha, Charles Mackay, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, and Konstantin Balmont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1543, Michele Ruggieri ranks 9. Before him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Claudio Acquaviva, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, and Kanō Eitoku. After him are Christine of Hesse, Giovanni de' Medici, Giovanni Bembo, and Juan de la Cueva. Among people deceased in 1607, Michele Ruggieri ranks 11. Before him are Giorgio Basta, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Gillis van Coninxloo, Jacob van Heemskerck, and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him are Bento de Góis, Guidobaldo del Monte, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Eleanor of Prussia, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and Giovanni Maria Nanino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Ruggieri ranks 2,348 out of 5,161. Before him are Umberto Saba (1883), Pirro Ligorio (1513), Azzone Visconti (1302), Medardo Rosso (1858), Carlo Bergonzi (1924), and Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672). After him are Irene of Montferrat (1274), Tito Schipa (1889), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este (1821), Ignazio Danti (1536), Lando Buzzanca (1935), and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Michele Ruggieri ranks 159. Before him are Guido Guinizelli (1230), Nigidius Figulus (-98), Lucilius Junior (6), Indro Montanelli (1909), Sophron (-500), and Umberto Saba (1883). After him are Luigi Alamanni (1495), Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (100), Hermas (150), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Giovanni Pascoli (1855), and Licinius Macer Calvus (-82).

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