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in the Vietnamese language. He was expelled from Vietnam in 1630 as Trịnh Tráng became concerned about him being a spy for the Nguyen. Rhodes in his reports said he converted more than 6,000 Vietnamese. Daily conversation in Vietnam "resembles the singing of birds", wrote Alexandre de Rhodes.
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As his sentence was reduced to exile, Rhodes returned to Rome by 1649 and pleaded for increased funding for Catholic missions to Vietnam, telling somewhat exaggerated stories about the natural riches to be found in Vietnam. This plea by Alexandre de Rhodes helped to found the
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sent Alexandre de Rhodes and Pero Marques, Sr. to evangelize in this domain of North Vietnam. The two missionaries landed in Thanh Hoá on 19 March 1627 (the Feast of Saint Joseph) and arrived to the capital Thăng Long (nowadays
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Tunchinesis historiae libri duo, quorum altero status temporalis hujus regni, altero mirabiles evangelicae predicationis progressus referuntur: Coepta per Patres Societatis Iesu, ab anno 1627, ad annum
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Histoire du Royaume de Tunquin, et des grands progrès que la prédication de L’Évangile y a faits en la conversion des infidèles Depuis l’année 1627, jusques à l’année 1646
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Current scholarship suggests Rhodes may have been born in 1593. See Eduardo Torralba, S.I., "La Date de naissance du Père de Rhodes: 15 mars 1591, est-elle exacte?", in
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From Đàng Ngoài Rhodes went to Macau, where he spent ten years. He then returned to Vietnam, this time to Đàng Trong, mainly around
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While in Vietnam, de Rhodes developed an early Vietnamese alphabet based on work by earlier Portuguese missionaries such as
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Rhodes of Viet Nam: The Travels and Missions of Father Alexandre de Rhodes in China and Other Kingdoms of the Orient
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Relazione de’ felici successi della santa fede predicata dai Padri della Compagnia di Giesu nel regno di Tunchino
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In 1943, the French authority in Indochina issued a 30c postage stamp honoring him. In 2001 Vietnamese artist
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in 1659. As neither the Portuguese nor the Pope showed interest in the project, Alexandre de Rhodes, with
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Map of "Annam" drafted by Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) showing "Cocincina" (left) and "Tunkin" (right).
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Divers voyages et missions du P. Alexandre de Rhodes en la Chine et autres royaumes de l'Orient
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Mission and Catechesis: Alexandre de Rhodes & Inculturation in Seventeenth-Century Vietnam
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Sidwell P., Jenny M. The Handbook of Austroasiatic Languages. BRILL. 2014. V. 2. P. 909
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De Rhodes also wrote several books about Vietnam and his travels there, including:
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written form of Vietnamese language in the 20th century. Meanwhile,
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Wörterbücher: Ein Internationales Handbuch Zur Lexikographie
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on 24 April 1612 to dedicate his life to missionary work.
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Portuguese Missionaries and their Influence on Vietnamese
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in 1651, de Rhodes's works reflect his favor of this new
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created a painting in homage to Alexandre de Rhodes and
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Nhà truyền giáo" 796:Trần Duy Nhiên and Roland Jacques (2007). 495:(Paris, 1653), translated into English as 48: 749: 743: 119:; 15 March 1593 – 5 November 1660), also 610: 430:instead of Nôm script. Later refined as 357:Alexandre de Rhodes himself was sent to 314: 302: 170: 688:By Nhung Tuyet Tran, Anthony Reid p.222 14: 1340:Roman Catholic missionaries in Vietnam 1312: 631: 572: 481:(Lyon, 1651), translated by Henri Albi 342:volunteers in Paris in the persons of 841: 505:La glorieuse mort d'André, Catéchiste 232:. 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(October 2018). 1335:People from the Papal States 1123:Jean-Baptiste Nguyễn Bá Tòng 931:Assemblies of God in Vietnam 895:Eastern Orthodoxy in Vietnam 818:Antôn Bùi Kim Phong (2017). 714:Asia in the Making of Europe 300:and was condemned to death. 210:In 1624, he was sent to the 166: 134:who had a lasting impact on 7: 1355:Creators of writing systems 1138:Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê 1080:Discalced Augustinian Order 434:, it eventually became the 371:New Julfa Armenian Cemetery 224:(known to the Europeans as 10: 1396: 1002:Pierre Lambert de la Motte 984:Giovanni Filippo de Marini 881:Catholic Church in Vietnam 779: 348:Pierre Lambert de la Motte 1370:Translators to Vietnamese 1288: 1108: 1012:Pierre Pigneau de Behaine 946: 903: 887: 875: 754:. 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Index

Alexander de Rhodes

Avignon
Papal States
Isfahan
Persia
Roman Catholicism
[alɛksɑ̃dʁdəʁɔd]
Jesuit
missionary
lexicographer
Christianity in Vietnam
Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum
Vietnamese
Portuguese
Latin
dictionary
Rome

Avignon
Papal States
France
Aragón
novitiate
Society of Jesus
Rome
East Asia
Nguyễn
Đàng Trong
Cochinchina

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