Xavier Fridelli
Xavier Ehrenbert Fridelli (11 March 1673 – 4 June 1743) was an Austrian Jesuit missionary and cartographer in China.
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- 1673 · Linz.
- Died
- 1743 · Beijing.
- Occupation
- cartographer · missionary
- Languages
- German
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Xavier Ehrenbert Fridelli (11 March 1673 – 4 June 1743) was an Austrian Jesuit missionary and cartographer in China.
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Born in Linz, Austria, Fridelli entered the Society of Jesus in 1688 and in 1705 arrived in China. Fridelli was an important contributor to the cartographical survey of the Chinese empire, begun in 1708 and completed in 1718 (according to others, 1715). Baron Richthofen says this is "the most comprehensive cartographic feat ever performed in so short a space of time". Together with Jean-Baptiste Régis, Pierre Jartoux, and others, he designed the maps of Zhili, the Amur district, Khalkas (Mongolia), Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Huguang (Hunan and Hubei), for which purpose the traversed the whole empire from south to north. At the time of his death, Fridelli had been rector for many years of the Southern or Portuguese church (Nantang), one of the four Jesuit churches at Beijing, where he died. He was buried in the Jesuits' Zhalan Cemetery in Beijing.
Erinnerungstafel zu P. Xaver Ernbert Fridelli am Alten Dom in Linz
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Linz (Oberösterreich), Haus Landstrasse Nr. 14, Fridelli-Haus. Haus des Advokaten Heinrich Adam Fridelli, Vater des Kartographen, Jesuiten und Missioners Xaver Ernbert Fridelli (geb. 1673 in Linz, gest. 1743 in Peking). Aufnahme 2025.
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1673
Xavier Fridelli born at Linz.
1743
Xavier Fridelli died at Beijing.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Xavier Ehrenbert Fridelli, X.E. Fridelli and Father Fridelli. His recorded language was German. His recorded confession was Catholicism.
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