 The Qing then allowed him to return to his Hangzhou church, and provided him and the Hangzhou Christian community with necessary protection.In 1651 Martini left China for Rome as the Delegate of the Chinese Mission Superior.He took advantage of the long, adventurous voyage (going first to the Philippines, from thence on a Dutch privateer to Bergen, Norway, which he reached on 31 August 1653, and then to Amsterdam).