The International Prester John Project: How A Global Legend Was Created Across Six CenturiesMain MenuOrientation to ProjectPath One: 1122-1235Path Two: 1236-1310 ADPath Three : 1311-1460 ADPath Four : 1461-1520 ADPath Five: 1521-1699 ADPath Six: 1700-1800 ADChristopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f Global Middle Ages
Pope Nicholas IV
12023-12-31T12:32:49-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52814plain2024-01-02T11:28:20-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fNicholas IV, born Girolamo Masci (1227-1292) served as pope from 1288 to 1292. As a Franciscan, Nicholas prioritized missionary activity. His 1289 letter to Prester John serves as an early European example of the Ethiopian phase of the legend.
For the text of the letter, see Nicholas IV: O. Raineri, ed., Lettere tra i pontefici romani e i principi etiopici: secoli XII–XX (Vatican City: Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana, 2003), 27.
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1media/Screen Shot 2022-04-11 at 2.03.54 PM.png2015-06-15T11:28:31-07:00John of Monte Corvino13image_header2024-01-02T15:33:51-08:00John of Monte Corvino (1247-1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary who founded the first Catholic missions in China and India, and who later became the archbishop of Peking.
From 1272 until his death John worked virtually non-stop as an agent of the Church who proselytized in territories east of Europe. Commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV in 1289 as a legate charged with the task of visiting and attempting to convert the Great Khan and Emperor of Ehtiopia, John spent the rest of his life creating a European Catholic infrastructure in the territories of the Mongols, especially in the capital, Khanbaliq.
His mission was a genuine success, although Catholicism in China slowly died out after his death. John's Letters testify to the difficulty and success of his mission and offer information on the Mongolian Prester John.
