# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ascelin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:45:12.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ascelin"
name: "Ascelin"
slug: "ascelin"
description: "Ascelin of Lombardy, also known as Nicolas Ascelin or Ascelin of Cremona, was a 13th-century Dominican friar whom Pope Innocent IV sent as an envoy to the Mongols in March 1245. Ascelin met with the Mongol ruler Baiju, and then returned to Europe with a message and Mongol envoys in 1248."
tagline: "Dominican friar; Italian explorer and diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AscelinOfCremone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1250"
deathDate: "1256"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.94
  momentum:             3.841059602649007
  historical:           9.607524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelin_van_Cremona"
    title: "Ascelin van Cremona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE)"
    title: "اسلين (مؤرخ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Ascelinus"
    title: "Nicolaus Ascelinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelin_of_Lombardy"
    title: "Ascelin of Lombardy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelino_de_Lombard%C3%ADa"
    title: "Ascelino de Lombardía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "آسکلین لمباردی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelin_de_Lombardie"
    title: "Ascelin de Lombardie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelino_de_Lombardia"
    title: "Ascelino de Lombardia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelin_dari_Lombardia"
    title: "Ascelin dari Lombardia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelino_di_Lombardia"
    title: "Ascelino di Lombardia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascelin_de_Lombardia"
    title: "Ascelin de Lombardia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2866364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump