Commemorative plaque for Benedict of Poland in Wrocław
He accompanied Giovanni da Pian del Carpine in his journey as delegate of PopeInnocent IV to the Great KhanGüyük of the Mongol Empire in 1245–1247. He was the author of the brief chronicle De itinere Fratrum Minorum ad Tartaros (On the Journey of the Franciscan Friars to the Tatars), not published until 1839 in France, and a year later in Poland, and the source for a longer work, Hystoria Tartarorum (History of the Tatars), discovered later and eventually published in 1965.[1]
The report of Benedict is important because it includes a copy of the letter of the Great Khan to the Pope.[2]
History
Little is known about the life of Friar Benedict beyond the story of the journey.
He was well educated and spoke and wrote Latin, Polish, and Old East Slavic. He had become a monk in the Franciscan monastery in Wrocław about 1236. This was the first major stop of Friar Giovanni after leaving on the mission from Lyon in April 1245. Benedict was chosen to accompany him as an interpreter because he had also acquired a knowledge of the Old East Slavic language and the first part of their journey was to Kyiv. Benedict made his accounts of the journey during and after their return in 1247. After returning from the voyage he probably settled in the Franciscan monastery in Kraków where he spent rest of his life. Later he was also a witness at the canonization of Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów in 1252.[2]
References
^Edward Kajdański: Długi cień Wielkiego Muru, Warsaw, 2005 (in Polish)
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