Italy: A profile of John of Montecorvino (1247-1328), who was sent by the pope in 1291 to negotiate with Kublai Khan, c. 14th century. John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni da Montecorvino in Italian, was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveler and statesman, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China, archbishop of Peking, and Patriarch of the Orient.

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