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  1. 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.

  2. Mar 25, 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Mar 25, 2024 • Article History. Born: before 1290, Florence [Italy] 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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  4. Giovanni de' Marignolli: An Italian Prelate at the Court of the South-East Asian Queen of Sheba. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2009.

  5. GIOVANNI DE' MARIGNOLLI: AN ITALIAN PRELATE AT THE COURT OF THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN. QUEEN OF SHEBA. Brian E. Colless. The year 1338 was the occasion of a great event in the life of a. certain John of Florence, for in December of that year he set out. from Avignon on a journey that was to take him, in his capacity.

  6. GIOVANNI DE' MARIGNOLLI, a notable traveller to the Far East in the 14th century, born probably before 1290, and sprung from a noble family in Florence. The family is long extinct, but a street near the cathedral (Via de' Cerretani) formerly bore the name of the Marignolli.

  7. 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. In December, 1338, he left Avignon , arriving at Naples , on February 10, 1339, and on May 1 reached the Court of Andronicus III at Constantinople , where he treated in vain with the clergy ...

  8. Giovanni de' Marignolli ( Firenze, ... – 1359) è stato un missionario e vescovo cattolico italiano, frate minore francescano . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Voci correlate. 3 Altri progetti. 4 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Da giovane ricevette il saio francescano presso la basilica di Santa Croce in Firenze.