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Gabriele Allegra

Friar
Gabriele Allegra was a Franciscan friar and Biblical scholar. He is best known for accomplishing the first complete translation of the Bible into the Chinese language. His Studium Biblicum Translation is often considered the definitive Chinese... Wikipedia
Born: December 26, 1907, San Giovanni la Punta, Italy
Died: January 26, 1976 (age 68 years), British Hong Kong
Organization founded: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
Beatified: 29 September 2012, Catania, Sicily, Italy, by Cardinal Angelo Amato, representing Pope Benedict XVI
Feast: 26 January