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srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Cheng-Jingyi.gif?w=300&h=245&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672213&s=97857d6eefddfa2fac5543ce6b6a7301" width="300" height="245" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Cheng-Jingyi.gif?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672213&s=d2898d38a889733b04fc4da2ad109ec9" alt="Cheng Jingyi" class="mx-auto" width="300" height="245" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </figure> <div class="p-6"> <h2 class="mb-0 font-semibold leading-none leading-normal text-20"> Cheng Jingyi </h2> <p class="mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-grayBrand-light text-14"> 1881 — 1939 </p> <p>Manchu Christian and founder of the China for Christ movement.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="border border-black/[.08] bg-white flex flex-col rounded-[4px] overflow-hidden shadow-sm hover:shadow-md"> <a 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srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=240&h=200&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=1f5b2a8e2ec0b4911ea61bec1f0e04a5" width="240" height="200" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7798f26fb108224947f09751efc67945" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=112d897f1a05785b826e3a9c7bd63988" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7798f26fb108224947f09751efc67945" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=112d897f1a05785b826e3a9c7bd63988" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" width="300" height="245" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=cb7e34e4cb42deac78b5347033e6dd6d" width="300" height="245" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" alt="Mountains" class="mx-auto" width="300" height="245" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </figure> <div class="p-6"> <h2 class="mb-0 font-semibold leading-none leading-normal text-20"> Godefroid Xavier de Laimleckhoven </h2> <p class="mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-grayBrand-light text-14"> 1707 — 1785 </p> <p>Jesuit missionary who entered the interior of China during the reign of Emperor Qian Lung (Qing Dynasty).</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="border border-black/[.08] bg-white flex flex-col rounded-[4px] overflow-hidden shadow-sm hover:shadow-md"> <a href="https://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/de-pantoja-didace/" class="flex flex-col"> <figure class=""> <picture class=""> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=440&h=196&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=c6c58b0a547e940638c465559cf419eb" width="440" height="196" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=440&h=196&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=88a7eced387fbc2e597eb2d5100f6251" width="440" height="196" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=240&h=200&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=b0ef937ef8230fa27573b378ee37db0c" width="240" height="200" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=240&h=200&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=1f5b2a8e2ec0b4911ea61bec1f0e04a5" width="240" height="200" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7798f26fb108224947f09751efc67945" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=112d897f1a05785b826e3a9c7bd63988" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7798f26fb108224947f09751efc67945" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=112d897f1a05785b826e3a9c7bd63988" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" width="300" height="245" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=cb7e34e4cb42deac78b5347033e6dd6d" width="300" height="245" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" alt="Mountains" class="mx-auto" width="300" height="245" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </figure> <div class="p-6"> <h2 class="mb-0 font-semibold leading-none leading-normal text-20"> Didace de Patoja </h2> <p class="mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-grayBrand-light text-14"> 1571 — 1618 </p> <p>Spanish Jesuit missionary to China during the late Ming period.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="border border-black/[.08] bg-white flex flex-col rounded-[4px] overflow-hidden shadow-sm hover:shadow-md"> <a href="https://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/de-pordenone-odoric/" class="flex flex-col"> <figure class=""> <picture class=""> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=440&h=196&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=b7d9dec40bff05a5c589a71636efb34a" width="440" height="196" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=440&h=196&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=d56bca52b76b7bca3b5a5d122699dfab" width="440" height="196" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=240&h=200&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=5aeaacc798f5e245933879496c3e040f" width="240" height="200" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=240&h=200&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=b3ec53b26e50f5ca887f0d7539a19cf8" width="240" height="200" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=8bf5fff2a6d96fba859eb9ecc41a6dbb" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=3fe349ac4cb6cf227ef9dd5dd58f7592" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=8bf5fff2a6d96fba859eb9ecc41a6dbb" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=3fe349ac4cb6cf227ef9dd5dd58f7592" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=aa22958212a7a61babfb333d88d2e284" width="300" height="245" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=300&h=245&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=170a57ac6d1168d074e34fa52796a8ac" width="300" height="245" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/Odoric-de-Pordenone.jpg?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672210&s=aa22958212a7a61babfb333d88d2e284" alt="Odoric de Pordenone" class="mx-auto" width="300" height="245" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </figure> <div class="p-6"> <h2 class="mb-0 font-semibold leading-none leading-normal text-20"> Odoric de Pordenone </h2> <p class="mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-grayBrand-light text-14"> 1286 — 1331 </p> <p>Italian Franciscan who went to China as a tourist during the Yuan dynasty.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="border border-black/[.08] bg-white flex flex-col rounded-[4px] overflow-hidden shadow-sm hover:shadow-md"> <a href="https://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/de-souza-polycarpe/" class="flex flex-col"> <figure class=""> <picture class=""> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=440&h=196&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=c6c58b0a547e940638c465559cf419eb" width="440" height="196" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=440&h=196&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=88a7eced387fbc2e597eb2d5100f6251" width="440" height="196" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=240&h=200&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=b0ef937ef8230fa27573b378ee37db0c" width="240" height="200" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=240&h=200&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=1f5b2a8e2ec0b4911ea61bec1f0e04a5" width="240" height="200" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7798f26fb108224947f09751efc67945" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=112d897f1a05785b826e3a9c7bd63988" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7798f26fb108224947f09751efc67945" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=112d897f1a05785b826e3a9c7bd63988" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" width="300" height="245" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=cb7e34e4cb42deac78b5347033e6dd6d" width="300" height="245" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" alt="Mountains" class="mx-auto" width="300" height="245" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </figure> <div class="p-6"> <h2 class="mb-0 font-semibold leading-none leading-normal text-20"> Polycarpe de Souza </h2> <p class="mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-grayBrand-light text-14"> 1697 — 1757 </p> <p>First bishop in Beijing following the banning of Christianity by the Qing emperor Yongzheng.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="border border-black/[.08] bg-white flex flex-col rounded-[4px] overflow-hidden shadow-sm hover:shadow-md"> <a href="https://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/de-ursis-sabbatino/" class="flex flex-col"> <figure class=""> <picture class=""> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=440&h=196&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=ca85d88a17a46c3204d8e9cb386ea766" width="440" height="196" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=440&h=196&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=c091420b8aede0ff219d2a4328dd4927" width="440" height="196" type="image/webp"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=240&h=200&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=6363e5cd76cd185e86606374ce149de9" width="240" height="200" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 767.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=240&h=200&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=5814be308e4a65e590a7fdddee2dd798" width="240" height="200" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=3f913d13005888aed960f4d7d3a8acf3" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=4722fa2d830a08df9d3cb458b71d3dbd" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=270&h=221&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=3f913d13005888aed960f4d7d3a8acf3" width="270" height="221" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279.9px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=4722fa2d830a08df9d3cb458b71d3dbd" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=41cdfd13f2e029715345e0ea4a9531a1" width="300" height="245" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=300&h=245&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=38afc930428b2ff674105e547e5073ac" width="300" height="245" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/stories/Portraits/sabatino-de-ursis.jpeg?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1721672196&s=41cdfd13f2e029715345e0ea4a9531a1" alt="Sabatino de ursis" class="mx-auto" width="300" height="245" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </figure> <div class="p-6"> <h2 class="mb-0 font-semibold leading-none leading-normal text-20"> Sabbatino de Ursis </h2> <p class="mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-grayBrand-light text-14"> 1575 — 1620 </p> <p>Italian Jesuit missionary to China in the late Ming dynasty.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="border border-black/[.08] bg-white flex flex-col rounded-[4px] overflow-hidden shadow-sm hover:shadow-md"> <a href="https://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/delamarre-louis-charles/" class="flex flex-col"> <figure class=""> <picture class=""> <source media="(max-width: 480px)" 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srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=270&h=221&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=112d897f1a05785b826e3a9c7bd63988" width="270" height="221" type="image/webp"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" width="300" height="245" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&fm=webp&auto=compress&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=cb7e34e4cb42deac78b5347033e6dd6d" width="300" height="245" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://bdcc-online.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/mountains.png?w=300&h=245&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722359996&s=7a0be8ae1de7719f7426f660c931b7c5" alt="Mountains" class="mx-auto" width="300" height="245" loading="lazy" /> </picture> 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