Desideri, Ippolito

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Ippolito Desideri

Italian Jesuit missionary who travelled through India to Tibet and reached Lhasa in 1716; studied Oriental languages and wrote letters preserved in missionary collections. (BCW 4:643).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Дезидери, Ипполито

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Shortly: Italian Jesuit missionary who travelled through India to Tibet and reached Lhasa in 1716; studied Or...