Are you sure you're not confusing them with William of Rubruck (Willem van Ruysbroeck) and John of Plano (Giovanni da Pian del Carpini)?Originally posted by Barkdreg
I seem to remember that Marco Polo had 2 Catholic priests in his entourage. they were provided by the Pope to convert the mongols. The two priests ran away somewhere in turkey.
... and if I'm correct, by the 14th century there even was a catholic episcopate installed in Beijing. I believe that most catholics could actually be European traders residing in the trade districts...Originally posted by Havard
I said Christianism... the actual people would be long dead, but Christianism lived on in China and surrounding areas until 845 A.D. when they got trouble in China but survived in parts of Mongolia. When the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty arrived in China ~1270 they also brought with them Nestorian Christian Mongols...