Giuseppe Maria Bernini
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. His efforts led to the establishment of the northern Indian subcontinent's oldest Christian community—the Bettiah Christians. Bernini was the first European to author tracts in Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu), as well as to translate Indian classics from Sanskrit into Italian.
Giuseppe Maria Bernini da Garghano OFMCap | |
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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 | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
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| Born | Bernardino Bernini 2 September 1709 |
| Died | 15 January 1761 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | India |
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