Alexandre de Rhodes
Missionary and lexicographer
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Alexandre de Rhodes, SJ, also Đắc Lộ 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... Wikipedia
Born: March 15, 1591, Avignon, France
Died: November 5, 1660 (age 69 years), Isfahan, Iran
Place of burial: Armenian Cemetry, Isfahan, Iran
Nationality: Papal
Parents: Bernardin II de Rhodes and Francoise de Rafaelis
