Jean de Fontaney
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Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710) was a French
Jean de Fontaney had been a teacher of
Louis-Daniel Lecomte, Guy Tachard, and Claude de Visdelou
.
Guy Tachard remained in
Siam where he was to have a major role, while Jean de Fontaney led the four remaining Fathers to China, where they arrived in February 1688. Upon their arrival in Beijing they were received by the Kangxi Emperor
who was favorably impressed by them and retained Jean-François Gerbillion and Joachim Bouvet at the court.
Jean de Fontaney returned to Europe in 1702, where he became Rector of the
Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand in La Flèche
until his death there in 1710.
See also
- Jesuit China missions
Notes
References
- David E. Mungello Curious land: Jesuit accommodation and the origins of Sinology, University of Hawaii Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-8248-1219-5
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