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INNOCENT IV, POPE Pontificate: June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254; b. Sinibaldo dei Fieschi in Genoa, c. 1200; d. Naples. He was born into one of the most powerful noble families in northwestern Italy. His father Hugh, Count of Lavagna, was the first to carry the name Fieschi, which was bestowed on him because he held the imperial office that ...
Sep 6, 2023 · In 1246, Vatican envoy Giovanni da Pian del Carpine made his way to the imperial camp of Guyuk Khan, a grandson of Genghis, with two letters from Pope Innocent IV urging the Mongols to cease their ...
Feb 15, 2022 · It was around this time that Pope Innocent IV decided to send agents to Mongolia. The agents’ mission would be twofold: to convert the Mongol leadership to Christianity or, failing that, bring back vital information about the Mongols before they struck again.
In 1246, Guyuk, a grandson of Khubilai, was enthroned as Khan of the Great Mongol State. The same year this letter was sent to the Pope Innocent IV as a response to an earlier letter. The Italian Catholic priest Plano Carpini was dispatched to the Mongolian steppe to spy on these nomadic people who were becoming more and more powerful and to see the extent of their country, weapons, and ...
Dec 11, 2020 · From the collection of the Kharakhorum Museum, this time we are presenting the letter that was sent from the Roman Pope Innocent IV to the Great Khaan of the Mongol Empire as well as the letter sent in reply from the Great Mongolian Khaan Guyug to the Roman Pope.
Pope Innocent IV called for a crusade against the Mongols to be preached in Germany in August 1243 and throughout Bohemia and Moravia in the spring of 1253. In June 1258, Pope Alexander IV called for another crusade to be preached in Germany, Bohemia and Moravia. [83]
Sep 2, 2023 · Pope Francis on Saturday praised Mongolia’s tradition of religious freedom dating to the times of its founder, Genghis Khan, as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the Asian nation with a ...
