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Giovanni de' Marignolli (Latin: Johannes Marignola; fl. 1338–53), variously anglicized as John of Marignolli or John of Florence, was a notable 14th-century Catholic European traveller to medieval China and India.
Giovanni dei Marignolli (born before 1290, Florence [Italy]) was a Franciscan friar and one of four legates sent to the court of the Mongol emperor of China, Togon-Temür, at Khanbaliq (Beijing).
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This Franciscan Friar of aristocratic Florentine lineage is best known to us under the name John Marignolli, sometimes Giovanni de' Marignola, and his importance for the history of South-East Asia lies in the fact that, like Marco Polo, he made his return voyage from China not by the Central Asian overland route again but by sea through the ...
Giovanni de' Marignolli was a memorable friar, whose notes on the journey, though fragmentary, contain vivid descriptions that established him among the notable travelers to the Far East in the 14th century. He was the recipient of the great honours at the Chinese Court.
Marignolli became one of the greatest travellers in Asia, and has left an account of his itinerary much studied today by geographers of the extreme East.
Encyclopedia Volume. Free World Class Education. FREE Catholic Classes. Born at Florence about 1290; place and date of death unknown. When quite a youth he received the Franciscan habit at the convent of Santa Croce, Florence; later on, as he himself tells us, he held the chair of theology at the University of Bologna.
Giovanni de' Marignolli è stato un missionario e vescovo cattolico italiano, frate minore francescano.
