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Lawrence of Portugal was a Franciscan friar and an envoy sent by Pope Innocent IV to the Mongols in 1245. A letter survives in the ''Register'' of Innocent IV, dating Lawrence's departure from Lyon to 5 March 1245. The letter, published in ''Monumenta Germaniae Historica'' and usually referred to as ''Dei patris immensa'', suggests that his mission was primarily religious in character.〔''Monumenta Germaniae Historica; Epistolae Saeculi XIII: E Regestis Pontificum Romanorum'', ed. Karl Rodenberg (Berlin, 1887), Vol. 2, No. 102, p. 72. ()〕 Lawrence was to have approached the Mongols from the Levant.〔Igor de Rachewiltz, ''Papal Envoys to the Great Khans'' (Stanford University Press, 1971), p. 87.〕 Nothing is known of his fate, and the possibility remains that he never left.〔Gregory G. Guzman, "Simon of Saint-Quentin and the Dominican Mission to the Mongol Baiju: A Reappraisal" ''Speculum'', Vol. 46, No. 2. (April., 1971), p. 234.〕 A second Franciscan mission, led by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, left Lyon on April 16, 1245 and arrived in the Mongol capital of Karakorum more than a year later. ==See also== *André de Longjumeau *Ascelin of Lombardia *Simon of St Quentin 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawrence of Portugal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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