Francis Xavier Wang missionary, translator and poet: A life experience in Naples (1861-1891)

Abstract/Sommario: Francis Xavier Wang is one of China’s wisest intellectual 19th century representatives in Europe. The study presents a precise account of the most painful episode of his biography and helps the reader to get a measure of the ecclesiastical, academic and political context within which Wang had to live during his log sojourn in Naples from 1862 to 1891, as well as to appreciate the depth of his pedagogical, intellectual and missionary commitment