Ep. 48 | Matteo Ricci: the Italian priest who pretended to be a Chinese guy | 利玛窦

Imagine seeing a white guy in China walking on the street wearing Chinese robes, speaking Chinese and reciting Chinese poems…in the 16^th century.

Yep, that was Matteo Ricci, the famous (not Marco Polo) Italian man and Jesuit priest who made his home in China for over 20 years as he tried to convert Chinese people to Catholicism.

Did he succeed? TUNE IN to find out!

 

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