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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; c. 1185 – 1 August 1252) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpini (born c. 1180, Pian del Carpine?, near Perugia, Umbria [Italy]—died August 1, 1252, Antivari [Bar], Dalmatia?) was a Franciscan friar, the first noteworthy European traveler in the Mongol empire, to which he was sent on a formal mission by Pope Innocent IV.
In 1241, Mongol invaders had very nearly taken Vienna, and though they had relented—their Great Khan, or leader, had died, and the choosing of a successor took the Mongols' attention from the attack on Europe—the pope understandably feared that the invaders would return.
He was over the age of sixty when he set out in April 1245, returning with a letter from the khan in November 1247. Giovanni became the archbishop of Antivari in Dalmatia and died in 1252. His best known book, History of the Mongols Whom We Call the Tartars, was not published in full until 1839.
Giovanni de Piano Carpini (jōvän´nē dā pyä´nō kärpē´nē), c.1180–1252, Italian traveler and Franciscan monk, b. Pian del Carpini (now Piano della Magione), Umbria. He was a companion of St. Francis of Assisi and spread Franciscan teachings in Germany and Spain.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine was born in 1182 in Pian del Carpine, Italy, today known as Magione, situated in the Province of Perugia. He was about 30 when he entered into the Franciscan order, becoming one of the first companions of Francesco D'Assisi.
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Giovanni da Pian del Carpini 1180-1252. The English called him John of Plano Carpini, sometimes John of Pian de Carpine. Giovanni was a Franciscan friar who liked to travel extensively and write about his journeys. Pope Innocent IV sent him on a mission to travel to the Mongol Empire, which he did from 1245-1247.
