# 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 the Sasanian Empire or from Byzantine Syria. He is known exclusively from the Xi'an Stele, which describes his arrival in the Tang capital of Chang'an in 635 and his acceptance by Emperor Taizong of Tang. His is the earliest known name that can be attached to the history of the Church of the East in China.

*Christian missionary in China*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alopen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 600
- **Died:** 700
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 13.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 7.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [阿罗本](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E7%BD%97%E6%9C%AC)
- [الوپين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [Alopen](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [Alopen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [Alopen](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [آلوپن](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%86)
- [Alopen](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [Alopen](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [Alopen](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [阿羅本](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E7%BE%85%E6%9C%AC)
- [Alopen](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [Alopen](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [Alopen](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopen)
- [Алобэнь](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%8C)
- [阿羅本](https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E7%BE%85%E6%9C%AC)
- [阿羅本](https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E7%BE%85%E6%9C%AC)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597636)

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