Franciscan scholar from Frosinone, near Rome, he served from 1931-49 as a missionary in China (Shanxi), and in 1952 appointed to the China Commission (Commissio Sinica) of the Collegio S. Bonaventura at Quaracchi.
Sinica Franciscana Collectio documentorum ad historiam Fratrum Minorum in Sinis spectantia, 1929 et seqq. In 8° mai.
The classic documentation of the Order’s involvement with China, containing medieval travel accounts as well as the correspondence of Franciscan missionaries to China in the early modern period.