Matteo Ricci - Commemoration

Commemoration

The following places and institutions are named after Matteo Ricci:

• Matteo Ricci Pacific Studies Reading Room at The National Central Library of Taiwan
• Ricci Hall, a dormitory at The University of Hong Kong
• Ricci Building, a building at Wah Yan College, Kowloon in Hong Kong
• The Matteo Ricci Study Hall, at the Ateneo de Manila University
• Matteo Ricci College, Kowloon in Hong Kong
• Matteo Ricci College at Seattle University
• Colégio Mateus Ricci, Macau
• Sekolah Katolik Ricci in Pancoran, Indonesia
• Taipei Ricci Institute, Taiwan
• Macau Ricci Institute, Macau
• Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco.
• The Matteo Ricci Society at Fordham University
• Matteo Ricci Hall-"R" Hall, Ricci Hall Annex-"RA" Hall two buildings at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea
• Townhouse block #14 at Fairfield University

In the run-up to the 400th anniversary of Ricci's death, the Vatican hosted a major exhibit dedicated to his life. At least one Catholic bishop — Claudio Giuliodori from Ricci's hometown, Macerata — has mentioned that the possibility of the Jesuit's beatification is considered by the church authorities. Additionally, Italian film director Gjon Kolndrekaj produced a 60-minute documentary about Ricci that came out in 2009, titled Matteo Ricci: A Jesuit in the Dragon's Kingdom, filmed in Italy and China.

In Taipei, the Taipei Ricci Institute and the National Central Library of Taiwan opened jointly the Matteo Ricci Pacific Studies Reading Room and the Taipei-based online magazine eRenlai, directed by Jesuit Benoît Vermander dedicated its June 2010 issue to the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Ricci's death.