Francisco de Pina was born in Guarda, Portugal, in 1585 and entered the Jesuit order in 1605. In the years between 1611 and 1617 he studied at 展开

Although no works of Francisco de Pina survive today, he is considered to be the first European able to speak fluent Vietnamese, a skill which he used in his missionary work. Pina believed that such skill was a fundamental part of the evangelization work, and … 展开