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John of Montecorvino
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John of Montecorvino (1247 – 1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary who founded the earliest Catholic missions in India and China as bishop of Cambaluc.
In 1289, Pope Nicholas IV appointed Montecorvino as a papal missionary to China. He arrived in China in 1293, arrived in Cambaluc in the following year. In 1307, Montecorvino was appointed bishop of Cambaluc.[1]
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- ↑ Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm – Chapter 14
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