Giuseppe Maria Bernini

Giuseppe Maria Bernini da Garghano

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Vice-prefect of the Tibet-Hindustan Mission
Drawing of Giuseppe Maria Bernini De Gargnano from the 1767 book Memorie Historiche by Cassiano de Macerata
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
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Born
Bernardino Bernini

2 September 1709[1]
Died15 January 1761
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic
ResidenceIndia
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Giuseppe Maria Bernini, also known as Giuseppe Maria da Gargnano (English: Joseph Mary Bernini, Hindustani: ज्यूसेपे मारिया बेर्निनी (Devanagari), جیوسپی ماریا بیرنینی (Nastaleeq)), who lived from 1709–1761, was an Italian Capuchin missionary, physician and Orientalist.[2] His efforts led to the establishment of the northern Indian subcontinent's oldest Christian community—the Bettiah Christians.[3] Bernini was the first European to author tracts in Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), as well as to translate Indian classics from Sanskrit into Italian.[2]

  1. ^ D'Souza, Daniel Anthony (1993). Capuchin Missions in India. Capuchin Publications. p. 51. The Christian colony of Bettiah was founded by Fr. Joseph Mary Bernini. His former name was Bernadino. He was born in Count Bernini family on September 2, 1709 at Gargnano, Brescia, Northern Italy. He studied Latin, French, German ...
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