John Carpini
1182 – 1253
Italian

Traveler. A priest, Pope Innocent IV selected him to act as his ambassador to the Mongol Emperor. His journey to Mongolia took him over a year, and he provided the first European account of the Mongol court.

Contemporaries
1230–1298Jacobus de Voragine
1230–1306Jacopone da Todi
1135–1202Joachim of Fiore
1160–1216Innocent III
c. 1181–1226St. Francis of Assisi
1194–1253St. Clare of Assisi
1215–1296St. Celestine V
1235–1303Boniface VIII
1225–1274St. Thomas Aquinas
1197–1253St. Agnes of Assisi