Teodorico Pedrini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Teodorico Pedrini

Italian Vincentian and missionary to China

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1671

Place of Birth: Fermo, Marche, Italy

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1746

Profession: composer, missionary, harpsichordist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Teodorico Pedrini, C.M.
(June 30, 1671 – December 10, 1746), also known by his Chinese name De Lige (Chinese: ???), was an Italian Vincentian priest, musician and composer, but mainly missionary for 36 years at the Imperial Court of China. Pedrini was born in Fermo, in the Marche, then part of the Papal States.
He was the founder of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Beijing.
He was the music teacher to three sons of the Qing Dynasty's Kangxi Emperor, he was co-author of the first treatise on Western Music theory ever written in Chinese: the LuluZhèngyì-Xùbian, later included in the Siku Quanshu.