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John of Montecorvino or Giovanni da Montecorvino in Italian (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.
John of Montecorvino, a Franciscan and founder of the Catholic mission in China, b. at Montecorvino in Southern Italy, in 1246; d. at Peking, in 1328.
John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also spelled Monte Corvino (1246, Montecorvino, Southern Italy - 1328, Peking), was a Franciscan missionary, traveler and statesman, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China, and archbishop of Peking from 1308 until his death around 1328.
A Franciscan missionary who established the Catholic Church in China in the 13th and 14th centuries. He translated the New Testament and the Psalms into Chinese, built churches and schools, and was consecrated as the first archbishop of Peking.
JOHN OF MONTE CORVINO. First Western missionary to China, founder of the medieval Franciscan mission in China; b. Monte Corvino (Salerno); d. c. 1330. In 1289 this Franciscan, already an experienced missionary conversant with the Persian and Armenian languages, and the bearer of letters to the pope from certain Eastern rulers, was in turn ...
John of Montecorvino. A Franciscan and founder of the Catholic mission in China, b. at Montecorvino in Southern Italy, in 1246; d. at Peking, in 1328.
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John of Monte Corvino (1247-1328) was a Franciscan priest and the first archbishop of Cambalec (present-day Beijing) in 1307. He crossed central Asia during a rare interval of peace when that region was controlled by the Mongol Khans.
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