 In 1641 his remains were transferred to Xujiahui, where they still rest, and the principal establishment of the new mission is in the vicinity his tomb.The Jesuits Francesco Brancati and Geronimo de Gravina were at this period building the churches of Sun-kiang, Suzhou and Chongming; Father Sambriani, those of Nanjing, Yangzhou and Huai'an.The mission of Jiangnan enjoyed peace from 1644 to 1661, but the missionaries were too few for the work.