Matteo Ricci was among the very earliest to report on the thoughts of Confucius, and father Prospero Intorcetta wrote about the life and works of Confucius in Latin in 1687.

The Jesuits, including Matteo Ricci, saw Chinese rituals as " civil rituals " that could co-exist alongside the spiritual rituals of Catholicism.

The Latinized name " Confucius " is derived from " Kong Fuzi ", which was first coined by 16th-century Jesuit missionaries to China, most probably by Matteo Ricci.

Matteo Ricci started to report on the thoughts of Confucius, and father Prospero Intorcetta published the life and works of Confucius into Latin in 1687.

An early European account of Taoism was provided by the Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Nicolas Trigault in their De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas ( 1615 ).

Matteo Ricci ( left ) and Xu Guangqi ( right ) in the Chinese edition of Euclid's Elements published in 1607.

Instead of trying to approach Christianity through the traditions of the local religion and creating a nativised church as latter fellow Jesuit Matteo Ricci did in China, he was eager for change.

Two of his books, Life of Matteo Ricci, Xitai of the West and Holy images of the Heavenly Lord have been presented to the public by Fondazione Civiltà Bresciana in two separate occasions, on 13 and 25 October 2010.

* 1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary ( d. 1610 )

The university consists of eight colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Albers School of Business and Economics, the College of Education, the School of Law, Matteo Ricci College, the College of Nursing, the College of Science and Engineering, and the School of Theology and Ministry.

A derivative, Daoshi (, " Daoist priest "), was used already by the Jesuits Matteo Ricci and Nicolas Trigault in their De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas, rendered as Tausu in the original Latin edition ( 1615 ), and Tausa in an early English translation published by Samuel Purchas ( 1625 ).

** Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter the country.

Matteo Ricci.

* The Jesuit Matteo Ricci becomes the first European to enter the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, during the Ming Dynasty.

* Copies are printed of the geographical map of East Asia created by Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit stationed in Ming Dynasty Beijing, China, with Chinese-written labeling and map symbols.

* May 11 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit priest ( b. 1552 )

* October 6 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary to China ( d. 1610 )

The canal's size and grandeur won it the admiration of many throughout history, including the Japanese monk Ennin ( 794 – 864 ), the Persian historian Rashid al-Din ( 1247 – 1318 ), the Korean official Choe Bu ( 1454 – 1504 ) and the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci ( 1552 – 1610 ).

The famous Roman Catholic missionary Matteo Ricci travelled from Nanjing to Beijing on the canal at the end of 16th century.

By c. 1600, the Jesuits stationed in China, led by Matteo Ricci, were pretty sure that it was, but others were not convinced yet.

Matteo Ricci visited Nanjing with many Western artworks, which were influential in showing different techniques of perspective and shading.

In the West, some researchers would date the origins of sinology as far back as Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta in the 13th and 14th century, but the systematic study of China began in the late 16th century, when Jesuit missionaries based at St. Paul's College, Macao, notably Matteo Ricci, introduced Christianity to China.

Matteo Ricci College, one of six schools and colleges at Seattle University in Washington state, offers two degrees: the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities for Teaching ( BAHT ) and the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities ( BAH ).

Named after the 16th Century Italian Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci, the College was founded in 1975 as an experimental college where a student could complete high school and university studies in 6 years.

In 2003, Matteo Ricci College launched the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities for Teaching degree.

* Matteo Ricci College

Seattle Prep has an innovative curriculum arrangement with Seattle University wherein students of Seattle Prep can qualify for admission to Seattle University after three years of education at Seattle Prep under the Matteo Ricci College program, named after the 16th Century Jesuit missionary to China Matteo Ricci.

Students admitted to Seattle University under the Matteo Ricci College program can acquire a Bachelor of Arts degree after three more years, thus reducing the combined study requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree to six years, versus eight years in a traditional four year high school and a traditional four year college.

Author Matteo Bandello wrote that she was " supreme among women ", and the diplomat Niccolò da Correggio entitled her " The First Lady of the world ".

Matteo Carcassi ( 1792 – 16 January 1853 ) was a famous Italian guitarist and composer.

Matteo Rosso, called the Great, was the effective lord of Rome from 1241, when he defeated the Imperial troops, to 1243, holding the title of Senator.

This line was founded by Rinaldo, third son of Matteo Rosso the Great.

Frederick, however, controlled as his unwilling guests in Tivoli two cardinals whom he had captured at sea, and in Rome Cardinal Giovanni Colonna was his ally, largely because the curia was in the hands of the Colonna archenemy, the senator Matteo Rosso Orsini.

Matteo Orsini's candidate, Romano da Porto, who had persecuted scholars at the University of Paris, was considered unaccaptable.

As soon as he was elected in 1271, Pope Gregory received a letter from the Mongol Great Khan Kublai, remitted by Niccolo and Matteo Polo following their travels to his court in Mongolia.

Gucciardini was not resident at the papal court during Leo's pontificate, while other contemporaries such as Matteo Herculano took pains to praise his chastity.

* Giacomo Matteo Ignazio Cirri ( 1711 – 1787 ) was Kapellmeister ( Maestro di Cappella ) in the Cathedral of Forlì, in Italy, from 1759.

It was begun by Gaetano Matteo Pisoni and completed by Paolo Antonio Pisoni.

Girolamo Maria Francesco Matteo Savonarola was born on September 21, 1452 in Ferrara.

In Shakespeare's own lifetime, a writer known for doing likewise was Matteo Bandello, who based his work on that of writers such as Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer, and who could have served as an indirect source for Shakespeare.

Only in 1319 the treasure was returned to Monza, thanks to Matteo I Visconti, former Vicar and Lord Imperial of Milan.

The fine black and-white marble arcaded façade was erected in the mid-14th century by Matteo da Campione.

This film was also remade in 2005 by Jean-Francois Richet, starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo, John Leguizamo, Brian Dennehy, and Ja Rule, moving the film's setting to Detroit.

The Order arose in 1520 when Matteo da Bascio, an Observant Franciscan friar native to the Italian region of the Marches, said he had been inspired by God with the idea that the manner of life led by the friars of his day was not the one which their founder, St. Francis of Assisi, had envisaged.