He arrived in Chandernagore in 1739, stayed mainly in Patna until early 1742, then moved to Lhasa and stayed there until April 1745. He composed a religious dialog between a Christian and a Hindu in both Hindustani and Italian in 1751. Lorenzen, Europeans.
Cassiano da Macerata, Memorie Istoriche delle virtú viaggi e fatiche del P. Giuseppe Maria de Bernini da Gargnano Cappuccino della Provincia di Brescia e Vice Prefetto della Missione del Thibet (Verona 1767). This work is quite rare. Lorenzen, Europeans, p. 4.
