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Candida Xu
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'''Candida Xu''' (September 4, 1607-July 24, 1680) was a [[China|Chinese]] Christian.
Born on the feast day of Saint [[Candida the Elder]], in whose honor she was named, Xu was the granddaughter of [[Xu Guangqi]], who had converted to Christianity four years previously.<ref></ref> From childhood she was deeply religious. Widowed at 46, she turned her attention to service to the church. Despite the restrictions she faced given her status as a member of the upper class, she worked to spread the word of Christianity. She exercised the influence of her father and son to gain good will for many [[Jesuit]] missionaries among local officials. Among Chinese Christians she promoted her spiritual associations; she also acted as a leader for Christian women around [[Shanghai]]. She had a private income, from which she donated generously to finance living arrangements for missionaries; she also funded the building of close to forty churches and chapels, and facilitated publication of many religious works in the [[Chinese language]]. She was referred to as the Apostle of China by many. Her story gained currency in Europe through a biography by [[Philippe Couplet]], her confessor.<ref name="Anderson1999"></ref> Xu has been called "arguably the most influential Chinese Christian woman of the seventeenth century."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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[[Category:Chinese Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:Chinese philanthropists]]
[[Category:Women philanthropists]]
[[Category:17th-century philanthropists]]
[[Category:17th-century Chinese women]]
Born on the feast day of Saint [[Candida the Elder]], in whose honor she was named, Xu was the granddaughter of [[Xu Guangqi]], who had converted to Christianity four years previously.<ref></ref> From childhood she was deeply religious. Widowed at 46, she turned her attention to service to the church. Despite the restrictions she faced given her status as a member of the upper class, she worked to spread the word of Christianity. She exercised the influence of her father and son to gain good will for many [[Jesuit]] missionaries among local officials. Among Chinese Christians she promoted her spiritual associations; she also acted as a leader for Christian women around [[Shanghai]]. She had a private income, from which she donated generously to finance living arrangements for missionaries; she also funded the building of close to forty churches and chapels, and facilitated publication of many religious works in the [[Chinese language]]. She was referred to as the Apostle of China by many. Her story gained currency in Europe through a biography by [[Philippe Couplet]], her confessor.<ref name="Anderson1999"></ref> Xu has been called "arguably the most influential Chinese Christian woman of the seventeenth century."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1607 births]]
[[Category:1680 deaths]]
[[Category:Chinese Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:Chinese philanthropists]]
[[Category:Women philanthropists]]
[[Category:17th-century philanthropists]]
[[Category:17th-century Chinese women]]
August 26, 2018 at 12:54PM
