Nicolò Longobardo (1559-1654), Chinese name Long Huamin (), was a Sicilian

Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

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in the 17th century. He arrived there in 1597, and was sent to the area of Shaozhou. He became the successor of

Matteo Ricci Matteo Ricci (; ; 6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the , a 1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters. In 2022, the Apostolic See decl ...

in 1610 as Superior General of the Jesuit China mission. He was replaced as Superior by Giovanni Aroccia in 1622, but continued preaching in China until around 90 years of age. The Jesuit's name also appears in historical sources as Nicholas Longobardi and Niccolo Longobardi, with the birth and death years given as 1565–1655.. He was buried in the Jesuits' Zhalan Cemetery in Beijing.

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