Alexandre De Rhodes
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 365 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 15,1591 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Avignon |
| France | |
| Date of died | November 5,1660 |
| Died | Isfahan |
| Iran | |
| Nationality | Papal |
| Books | Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum |
| Divers voyages et missions du père Alexandre de Rhodes | |
| Parents | Bernardin II de Rhodes |
| Francoise de Rafaelis | |
| Founded | Paris Foreign Missions Society |
| Place of burial | Armenian Cemetry, Isfahan, Iran |
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| ID | 977356 |
Alexandre De Rhodes Life story
Alexandre de Rhodes was an Avignonese Jesuit missionary and lexicographer who had a lasting impact on Christianity in Vietnam. He wrote the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, the first trilingual Vietnamese-Portuguese-Latin dictionary, published in Rome, in 1651.