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Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1280–14 January 1331), was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capital of Khanbaliq (now Beijing).
Odoric of Pordenone (born c. 1286, Villanova, near Pordenone, Aquileia [Italy]—died January 14, 1331, Udine) was a Franciscan friar and traveler of the early 14th century.
Sep 18, 2014 · Odorico from Pordenone was a Franciscan Friar, who made a journey from Venice to Peking in the first half of the fourteenth century.
Odoric of Pordenone. 1286?-1331. Italian Missionary. Odoric of Pordenone was a Franciscan missionary who traveled extensively throughout Asia. He was the first European traveler to describe distinctions between Oriental and Occidental culture accurately and in detail.
ODORIC (c. 1286-1331), styled of Pordenone, one of the notable travellers to the farther East in the Middle Ages, and a Beatus of the Roman Church, was born at Villa Nuova, a hamlet near the town of Pordenone in Friuli, in or about 1286, and, according to ecclesiastical biographers, in early years took the vows of the Franciscan order and ...
Published in Saints & History. January 14, 2022. 2 min read. On January 14, Franciscans honor the memory of Blessed Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1286–1331), one of the most prominent missionaries of the later Middle Ages. Devoted to prayer, missionary life.
Odorico da Pordenone’s Relatio, the account of a travel from Italy to China (1318?-1330), is one of the earliest accounts on the Far East.
