Binding Friendship

Binding Friendship: Ricci, China and Jesuit Cultural Learnings
Photo of Three Jesuit Books on China

This site is a repository of digital content related to the exhibit "Binding Friendship: Ricci, China, and Jesuit Cultural Learnings" at the Burns Library, Boston College, March-October 2011.

This exhibit marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Matteo Ricci, the celebrated Jesuit missionary to China who died in Beijing in May 1610, and also commemorates the Jesuit endeavors in China and the past four hundred years of Chinese Catholic history.