André de Longjumeau
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André de Longjumeau was a French diplomat and Dominican missionary and one of the most active Occidental diplomats in the East in the 13th century. He led two embassies to the Mongols: the first carri
Procession with Saint Louis and a bishop carrying the Crown of thorns. Stained glass window from Moulins Cathedral.
André went to Constantinople to obtain the crown of thorns bought by Louis IX from Baldwin II, Latin Emperor. It is preserved today in a 19th-century reliquary, in Notre-Dame de Paris.
In modern times the Mongols are predominantly Tibetan Buddhists, but in previous eras, especially during the time of the Mongol empire, they were predominantly shamanist, and had a substantial minorit
André de Longjumeau
…homeland, close to the prison of Gog and Magog. On the other hand, the envoy's account of Mongol customs is fairly accurate, and his statements about Mongol Christianity and its prosperity, though perhaps exaggerated (e.g. as to the 800 chapels on wheels in the nomadic host) are likely factual. Mounds of bones marked…
Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Ilkhanate, seated with his Eastern Christian queen Doquz Khatun of the Keraites
The Nestorian Stele in China, erected in 781
Nestorian tombstone with inscriptions in Syriac, found in Issyk Kul, dated 1312
Depiction of the Keraite ruler "Wang Khan" ("King and Khan") Toghrul as "Prester John" in "Le Livre des Merveilles", 15th century.