Macau

 

Macau Ricci Institute Public Forum: A Friend and a Diplomat. Francesco Sambiasi in China (1610-1649)

澳門利氏學社公開講座

Forum

 

Event Album | 活動相片:

Date | 日期:

  • Friday 15 September 2023 | 2023年9月15日

Venue | 地點:

  • Classroom USJ 102, University of Saint Joseph Macau, Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde, 14-17 (Green Campus)
  • 澳門青洲河邊馬路14-17號聖若瑟大學教學樓USJ 102室

Cooperation Partner | 合作單位:

  • University of Saint Joseph
  • 澳門聖若瑟大學

Video Record | 影像記錄:

Time | 時間:

  • 18:30 to 20:30 | 下午6時30分 – 8時30分

Cost | 費用:

  • Free | 免費

Languages | 語言:

  • English | 英語

Transportation Info | 交通資訊:

 

Speaker | 講者

Francesco Vossilla

Francesco Vossilla is an Art Historian based in Florence (Italy). He has PhD in History of Architecture from the Università di Firenze. He is member of the board and President of the Società di Studi Giuseppe Castiglione S.J.-Lang Shining, named after the great Jesuit artist in China and founded in 2014. He is a member of the Macau Ricci Institute. He is mostly teaching classes for Gonzaga University in Florence. Professor Francesco Vossilla has published mostly on Renaissance philosophy of Art, Renaissance sculpture, Renaissance ceramics and the history of Italian museums. He has focused his most recent books and articles on Michelangelo as well as on Giuseppe Castiglione SJ.

 

Introduction | 關於講座

Francesco Sambiasi (毕方济, 1582, Cosenza-1649, Guangzhou) arrived in Macau in 1610 and later journeyed to the main cities of the Middle Kingdom. He established a close connection with Xu Guangqi (徐光启, 1562-1633), who provided him refuge during the time of persecutions against Christians. During the 17th century, the generation of Jesuits who followed Matteo Ricci continued to work both among the elite and the lower classes trying to aid converts to build a truly Chinese Catholic church. To this aim, Sambiasi shared the political and existential drama of his friends on a stage of social chaos. Hence, he found himself at the intersection of relations with nonconformist men and women— such as the writer Fang Yizhi (方以智, 1611-1671) — who were affected by grief for an age of discouraging politics. In witnessing the collapse of the Ming, Sambiasi envisioned a potential future for local Catholics and for the Society of Jesus to serve the country during tumultuous times.