About Giovanni Battista Sidotti
Lived 1667 – 1714 (aged 46–47). Giovanni Battista Sidotti was a missionary, catholic priest and catholic theologian.
Giovanni Battista Sidotti (22 August 1667 – 27 November 1714) was an Italian secular priest and Apostolic Missionary of the Pontifical Congregation of Propaganda Fide. During the Edo period, he entered Japan illegally and was arrested, whereupon he was confined until his death.
The Japanese politician and scholar Arai Hakuseki published the Seiyō Kibun (‘Reports from the West’) based on his conversations with Sidotti.
Life
Sidotti was born in Sicily, Italy, in 1667. Little is known of his early life. With a 2 million yen grant, Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science reconstructed his face through the reassembled fragments of his skull.
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Who was Giovanni Battista Sidotti?
Italian priest
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Giovanni Battista Sidotti was born on 22 August 1667 in Palermo.
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Giovanni Battista Sidotti died in 1714 in Kirishitan Yashiki.
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Giovanni Battista Sidotti was a missionary, catholic priest and catholic theologian.
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