Odoric of Pordenone
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Odoric of Pordenone was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capital of Khanbaliq.
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The ancient Persian city of Persepolis through which Odoric passed. The columns are nearly 25 meters (84 feet) tall. Drawing by Eugène Flandin in 1840.
Odoric's tomb in Udine
Chinese depiction of the Blessed Odoric (c. 1930)
A 15th-century copy of Odoric's Relatio from the Vatican Apostolic Library
The title page Life of Bl. Odoric of Pordenone. Ed. 1891.Historical Figures born in the 1280s 6
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Odoric of Pordenone was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capital of Khanbaliq. After more than ten years of travel, he returned home and dictated a narrative of his experiences and observations called the Relatio, highlighting various cultural, religious, and social peculiarities he encountered in Asia.
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