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Richard of San Germano
12024-01-21T15:31:18-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6f52812plain2024-01-21T15:37:11-08:00Christopher Taylor // christopher.eric.taylor@gmail.com946e2cf6115688379f338b70e5b6f6c039f8ba6fRichard of San Germano (c. 1170-a. 1243) was a notary at San Germano and highly involved with the deeds of Frederick II. Richard's chronicle served as the definitive account of the Hohenstaufen in Italy and also includes a brief mention of Prester John.
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12023-11-25T12:56:10-08:00Chronica Regni Siciliae4plain2024-02-11T16:59:25-08:00Acccording to Brewer (p. 277), this chronicle written by Richard of San Germano contains a "notice that the then King of Hungary (Andrew II) sent word to the Pope (Honorius III) informing him of the conquests of Chingis Khan in Russia, but styling him 'rex Dauit, qui presbiter lohannes dicebarur in uulgari ' [King David, who is called Prester John in the common tongue].
Richard also noted that 'Septem anni errant quod de India exiuerat, corpus afferens beati Thome apostoli, et uno die de Ruteis et Plautis occiderant ducenta milia' . [They have journeyed for seven years since they left India, carrying with them the body of blessed Thomas the Apostle, and in one day they killed 200,000 Russians and Cumans]."