JANUARY 26: HE TRANSLATED THE BIBLE INTO CHINESE
Blessed Gabriele Maria Allegra
Priest
Died: 1976
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He was an Italian Franciscan priest. His original name was Giovanni Stefano Allegra. he went to Rome to prepare for the missionary life in China. With the help of Chinese confreres, linguists, and theologians, he translated the Bible into Chinese, in the Catholic edition. The distribution of the Bible was affected by communism in China. He also founded a Biblical Study in Hong Kong and set up a Sociological Study in Singapore.
Blessed Gabriele Maria Allegra
Priest
Died: 1976
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He was an Italian Franciscan priest. His original name was Giovanni Stefano Allegra. he went to Rome to prepare for the missionary life in China. With the help of Chinese confreres, linguists, and theologians, he translated the Bible into Chinese, in the Catholic edition. The distribution of the Bible was affected by communism in China. He also founded a Biblical Study in Hong Kong and set up a Sociological Study in Singapore.