What is Alessandro Valignano?
{{Infobox Christian leader |type = Missionary |honorific-prefix =The Reverend |name = Fr. Alessandro Valignano |honorific-suffix = [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]] | title = |image = AlessandroValignano.jpg |alt = | caption = |church =[[Roman Catholic Church]] |archdiocese = | diocese = |ordination = |ordained_by = |birth_date = 15 February 1539 |birth_place = [[Chieti]], [[Italy]] |death_date = 20 January, 1606 (aged 67) |death_place = [[Macau]] |buried = |nationality = |religion = | residence = |resting_place_coordinates = }} '''Alessandro Valignano''' or '''Valignani''' ({{Lang-zh|范禮安}}; 15 February 1539 &#x2013; 20 January, 1606)<ref>{{cite web|title=Novizi Gesuiti - Italia|url=http://www.gesuiti.it/noviziato/registro.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=2006-02-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220102326/http://www.gesuiti.it/noviziato/registro.html|archivedate=2005-12-20}}</ref> was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest and missionary who was born in [[Chieti]]. He helped bring [[Catholicism]] to the [[Far East]], and especially to [[Japan]] and [[China]]. == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Valignano, Alessandro}} [[Category:1539 births]] [[Category:1606 deaths]] [[Category:Italian Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:16th-century Italian people]] [[Category:History of China]] [[Category:Italian academics]] [[Category:Italian astronomers]] [[Category:Italian explorers]] [[Category:Italian mathematicians]] [[Category:Italian writers]] [[Category:Jesuit missionaries]] [[Category:People from Chieti]] {{Biography-stub}}