Francis of Assisi, to whom Pelagio reluctantly…
November 1219 CE
Francis of Assisi, to whom Pelagio reluctantly gives permission to cross the lines, makes a famous but fruitless evangelistic attempt to convert the new Ayyubid sultan, al-Kamil, while the crusaders lay siege to Damietta, on November 5, 1219, finally taking the harbor.
Francis' visit to the East is a preliminary step in the establishment of a Franciscan province in the Holy Land, a step that will soon be imitated by the Dominicans.
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Muslims, Sunni
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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
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Holy Roman Empire
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France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
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Austria, Archduchy of
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Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
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Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
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Dominicans, or Order of St. Dominic
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