John of Montecorvino
✓ Source-basedfallingDiplomat of the Holy See
John of Montecorvino, OFM was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveller and statesman, founder of the earliest Latin Catholic missions in India and China, and Archbishop of Peking. He converted many people during his missionary work and established several churches in Yuan dynasty-held Beijing.
Also inDeutsch
Politicians born in the 1240s 6
About this person
John of Montecorvino, OFM was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveller and statesman, founder of the earliest Latin Catholic missions in India and China, and Archbishop of Peking. He converted many people during his missionary work and established several churches in Yuan dynasty-held Beijing. John wrote a letter intending to convert the Great Khan to Catholicism. He was a contemporary of Marco Polo.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.