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Jun 21, 1826 Naples, Campania, Italy Died on 09 Nov 1902 (aged 76)
Italian Roman Catholic priest, missionary in China, sinologist and lexicographer
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About Angelo Zottoli
- Angelo Zottoli (1826–1902) was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary in China and a sinologist.
- He was born in Acerno.
- In 1843, he joined the Jesuits.
- In 1848, he passed an Imperial examination as one of the first Europeans.
- From 1853 he taught, and was headmaster, in St.
- Ignatius College for Chinese Christian students founded in 1849.
- He wrote a Latin textbook of Chinese Language Cursus litterae sinicae neo-missionariis accommodatus in five volumes in octavo.
- He translated very well, to Latin, some classic works of Chinese literature (Confucius); he wrote a Chinese-Latin dictionary and also many theological texts in Chinese. In 1884 he was awarded the Prix Stanislas Julien by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres of Paris for his Cursus litterae sinicae neo-missionariis accommodatus.
