Odoric of Pordenone Saint

Odoric of Pordenone, OFM (Odorico Mattiussi or Mattiuzzi) was an Italian late-medieval Franciscan friar and missionary explorer. His account of his visit to China was 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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Odoric of Pordenone
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1286
Birth place
Holy Roman Empire , Pordenone , Patria del Friuli
Date of deathJanuary 14, 1331
Place of death
Holy Roman Empire , Patria del Friuli , Udine

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beatified by
Pope Benedict XIV
major shrine
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Udine
venerated in
Catholic Church

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