Gabriel de Magalhães

Gabriel de Magalhães (Chinese: 安文思; pinyin: Ānwénsī; 1610 – 6 May 1677), or gallicized as Gabriel Magaillans, was an early Portuguese Jesuit missionary to China who was one of the first Catholic missionaries to reach Sichuan. He also worked in Peking and founded the original St. Joseph's Church there.

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