RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John of Montecorvino

1246 - 1328

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John of Montecorvino, OFM (Italian: Giovanni da Montecorvino; 1247 – 1328) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John of Montecorvino is the 1,309th most popular religious figure (up from 1,320th in 2019), the 1,771st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,945th in 2019) and the 368th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John of Montecorvino ranks 1,309 out of 3,187. Before him are Piero Marini, Madeleine Sophie Barat, Hafiz Saeed, Raymond Nonnatus, Phinehas, and Anuruddha. After him are Theophilus Presbyter, Itta of Metz, Gildas, Joseph Freinademetz, Joshua the High Priest, and Simeon Stylites the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1246, John of Montecorvino ranks 1. After him are Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, and Beatrice of Navarre, Duchess of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1328, John of Montecorvino ranks 8. Before him are Meister Eckhart, Ibn Taymiyyah, Clementia of Hungary, Yesün Temür, Ragibagh Khan, and Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon. After him are Galeazzo I Visconti, Charles, Duke of Calabria, Prince Hisaaki, Castruccio Castracani, and Giovanni Soranzo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John of Montecorvino ranks 1,771 out of 5,161. Before him are Adriano Galliani (1944), Piero Marini (1942), Vittorio Storaro (1940), Roberto Donadoni (1963), Bruno Maderna (1920), and Perctarit (645). After him are Stefano Landi (1587), Agnolo Gaddi (1350), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876), Pietro d'Abano (1250), Joseph Freinademetz (1852), and Jacopo Sannazaro (1458).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, John of Montecorvino ranks 368. Before him are Saint Sabina (100), Loris Francesco Capovilla (1915), Eugenia of Rome (180), Eusebius of Vercelli (283), Ercole Consalvi (1757), and Piero Marini (1942). After him are Joseph Freinademetz (1852), Mauro Piacenza (1944), Accursius (1182), Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588), Camillo Ruini (1931), and Lorenzo Baldisseri (1940).

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