Alessandro Valignano
Alessandro Valignano ( Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān ) ( February 1539 – January 20 , 1606 ) was an Italian Jesuit missionary born in Chieti , part of the Kingdom of Naples , who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East , and especially to Japan . 
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