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John of Montecorvino, OFM (Italian: Giovanni da Montecorvino; 1247 – 1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveller and statesman, founder of the earliest Latin Catholic missions in India and China, and Archbishop of Peking.[1] He converted many people during his missionary work and established several churches in Yuan dynasty-held Beijing. John wrote a letter intending to convert the Great Khan to Catholicism.[2] He was a contemporary of Marco Polo.
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