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198:
174:Papal States
167:
128:
109:
96:
95:
85:Denomination
62:Papal States
23:The Reverend
1319:1660 deaths
1314:1593 births
1062:José García
705:, p.229–230
265:mathematics
261:Trịnh Tráng
215:Cochinchina
152:, in 1651.
1303:Categories
1183:Thanh Lãng
528:Peter Phan
239:Đàng Ngoài
210:Đàng Trong
146:dictionary
139:Portuguese
135:Vietnamese
117:missionary
1339:Linguists
1239:Ngô Tử Hạ
1103:Catholics
1098:Adherents
395:catechism
298:catechism
201:East Asia
186:novitiate
156:Biography
1278:See also
1149:Priests
1108:Bishops
675:Viet Nam
610:. Brill.
572:Archived
429:Maiorica
425:de facto
176:(now in
804:số 145.
769:Sources
433:chữ Nôm
352:Isfahan
329:secular
188:of the
170:Avignon
99:, SJ (
75:Isfahan
58:Avignon
1190:Laity
755:
656:
629:
500:Andrew
488:(1666)
356:Persia
348:Persia
244:Tonkin
205:Nguyễn
182:Aragón
178:France
114:Jesuit
110:Đắc Lộ
79:Persia
507:Notes
377:Works
253:Hanoi
143:Latin
753:ISBN
654:ISBN
627:ISBN
456:1646
413:Rome
389:and
335:and
194:Rome
150:Rome
119:and
69:Died
51:Born
283:Huế
192:in
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