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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.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine o di Pian del Carpine o da Piano dei Carpini o Iohannes de Plano Carpini è stato un arcivescovo cattolico e missionario francescano italiano, autore dell'Historia Mongalorum, un resoconto del suo viaggio in Mongolia nel 1245-1247.
Giovanni da Pian del Carpini. 1182-1252. Italian Explorer. L ong before Marco Polo (1254-1324), there was Giovanni da Pian del Carpini, an Italian priest sent by Pope Innocent IV on the first European mission to the court of the Mongol's Great Khan.
Dopo il primo capitolo provinciale furono inviati a predicare in Sassonia - Würzburg, Magonza, Worms, Spira, Strasburgo e Colonia furono le principali tappe del loro percorso - sempre con un ruolo di avanscoperta, allo scopo di favorire le condizioni di un più stabile insediamento dei minori.
Born at Pian di Carpine (now called della Magione), near Perugia, Umbria, 1182; died probably in 1252. Having entered the Franciscan Order he was a companion of Cæsar of Spires, the leader of the second mission of the Franciscans to Germany in 1221.
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.
