Odoric of Pordenone

Italian late-medieval Franciscan friar and missionary explorer

1286 CE to 1331 CE

Odoric of Pordenone, OFM (Odorico Mattiussi or Mattiuzzi) is an Italian late-medieval Franciscan friar and missionary explorer.

His account of his visit to China is an important source for the account of John Mandeville; many of the incredible reports in Mandeville have proven to be garbled versions of Odoric's eyewitness descriptions.

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