Lawrence of Portugal
Lorenz of Portugal was a Franciscan of the 13th century who was commissioned by Pope Innocent IV in 1245 with an embassy trip to the Great Khan of the Mongols .
On March 5, 1245, Lorenz of Portugal, a week before his friar Johannes de Plano Carpini , received a letter of authenticity (Dei patris inmensa) from Pope Innocent IV in Lyon , which was to identify him as an official papal envoy to the Khan of the Mongols. While Carpini began his trip to the Altai in the following month, nothing more has been passed on from Lorenz's legation trip , which is why it is questionable whether he was ever able to carry it out. No further information is available on his person either. Whether he was identical with a papal legate named Lorenz who appeared in Syria in 1247 cannot be proven with certainty.
literature
- Martiniano Roncaglia: Frère Laurent de Portugal OFM et sa légation en Orient (1245-1248 env.), In: Bolletino della Badia greca di Grottaferrata, vol. 7 (1953), p. 33ff.
Remarks
- ↑ See Monumenta Germaniae Historica , Epp. saec. XIII 2, No. 102, p. 72f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lawrence of Portugal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lorenzo da Portugal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franciscan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th Century |