Bible Encyclopedias
Brancato, Francesco

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

an Italian missionary, arrived in China in 1637, and there preached the Gospel with zeal until 1665. Protected by the magistrates, he constructed forty-five oratorios and more than ninety churches. He died at Canton in 1671. He wrote several works in the Chinese language, for which see Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.