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Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1280–14 January 1331), was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capital of Khanbaliq (now Beijing).
Mar 29, 2024 · Odoric of Pordenone (born c. 1286, Villanova, near Pordenone, Aquileia [Italy]—died January 14, 1331, Udine) was a Franciscan friar and traveler of the early 14th century. The account of his journey to China enjoyed wide popularity and appears to have been plagiarized in the 14th-century English work The Voyage and Travels of Sir John ...
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Blessed Odoric of Pordenone: Prominent Missionary of the Middle Ages. By Dominic Monti, OFM. Published in Saints & History. January 14, 2022. 2 min read. On January 14, Franciscans honor the memory of Blessed Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1286–1331), one of the most prominent missionaries of the later Middle Ages.
1286?-1331. Italian Missionary. O doric of Pordenone was a Franciscan missionary who traveled extensively throughout Asia. He was the first European traveler to describe distinctions between Oriental and Occidental culture accurately and in detail.
Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1280–14 January 1331), was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capital of Khanbaliq (now Beijing).
May 13, 2002 · This new edition of the fascinating account by a medieval Franciscan friar, Odoric of Pordenone, of his journeys through the Middle and Far East (modern-day Turkey, Iran, Iraq, India, Sri...
Overview. Odoric of Pordenone. Quick Reference. (1265/86?–1331), Franciscan missionary who traveled to China and back from about 1320 to 1330. Odoric left Constantinople before 1320 for the East as a missionary in the company of another ... From: Odoric of Pordenone in The Oxford Companion to World Exploration » Subjects: History.
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