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Also Known As	Claudio Acquaviva
Born	September 14, 1543 • Atri • Kingdom of Naples
Died	January 31, 1615 (aged 71) • Rome • Italy

Matteo Ricci

Italian Jesuit missionary

St. Robert Bellarmine

Italian cardinal

Clement XIII

pope

Bernardo Bitti

Italian painter

Alessandro Valignano

Italian missionary

Clement XIV

pope

St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Roman Catholic saint

Giulio Aleni

Italian priest

Francis

pope

St. Francis Xavier

Christian missionary

Charles III

king of Spain

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

French philosopher and paleontologist

Pierre-Jean de Smet

Jesuit missionary

António Vieira

Portuguese author and diplomat

Pedro Arrupe

Spanish priest and Jesuit superior general

Francisco Suárez

Spanish theologian and philosopher

Murray, John Courtney

American theologian

Alexandre de Rhodes

French missionary

Ignacio Ellacuría

Spanish-born El Salvadorian priest, philosopher, and theologian, and human rights activist

St. Jean de Brébeuf

Jesuit missionary

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