Catalogue of Chinese documents in the "Propaganda Fide" historical archives (1622-1830) /  Ad Dudink ; Zhao Hongtao, Emanuele Raini (scientific editors) ; with an Introductory Essay by Eugenio Menegon.

Included bibliographical references (p.86-98) and index.

Propaganda Fide Historical Archives = (SOCP) Archivio Storico di Propaganda Fide del Dicastero per l‘Evangelizzazione.

This first catalogue of Chinese documents in the Archives of Propaganda Fide offers not only an annotated list of its invaluable resources, but also reproduces the full text of a few rare or unique Chinese Christian texts. The Catalogue (Dudink; eds. Zhao, Raini) is preceded by an essay (Menegon) that gives a full explanation of the entire structure and contents of the Archives pertaining to the China missions, and sketches the activity of Propaganda Fide missionaries in China up to the early 19th century: “the Chinese documents catalogued here open a window on the daily life of the Chinese Christian communities and their pastors, and the reaction of Chinese society to Catholic activities. Read together with the letters and reports sent from Asia in European languages to accompany them, they offer a corrective to a Rome-centered vision of the missions” (Menegon).

Local access dig.pdf. [Catalogue of Chinese Documents Propaganda Fide (1622-1830).pdf] 

Preface dated 1761.
Following notes from CCT Database: "...An Austrian Carmelite (better known as Giuseppe Maria a Santa Teresa) who stayed in China (Beijing 北京 / Haidian 海淀) since 1745 (died 1791) and was procurator there of Propaganda Fide. The author is not the one mentioned by Cordier, viz. the Austrian Carmelite Wolfgangus a Nativitate B.V. (1693-1772, secular name: Franciscus Thumsecher de Lauro), who stayed in China during the years 1719-1732 (’Nomenclator missionariorum ordinis Carmelitarum discalceatorum’ (1944)*, p. 361). Pruggmayr also composed 'Sheng mu sheng yi hui en yu' 聖母聖衣會恩諭*, published in 1759."

Note on textual history: "In 1764 (29 Sept.) Pruggmayr writes to have composed a book in Chinese, “che attualmente si sta stampando, che aiuterà molti a ben morire” (Est ergo quaedam “Ars bene moriendi”. Sed usque modo non potui illud investigare); see p. 234 of Ambrosius a S. Teresia, 'Nomenclator missionariorum ordinis Carmelitarum discalceatorum' (1944)* --Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).