Alopen
Missionary, Deceased Person
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Who is Alopen?
Alopen is the first recorded Christian missionary to have reached China, during the Tang Dynasty. He was a missionary from the Church of the East, and probably a Syriac-speaker from Persia. He is known exclusively from the Nestorian Stele, which describes his arrival in the Chinese capital of Chang-an in AD 635 and his acceptance by Emperor Taizong. His is the earliest known name that can be attached to the history of Nestorianism in China.
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