page_title: Benedict of Poland
hierarchical_section_title: Benedict of Poland
caption_attribution_description: Tablica ku czci Benedykta Polaka na kościele św. Wincentego we Wrocławiu
context_page_description: Benedict of Poland was a Polish Franciscan friar, traveler, explorer, and interpreter.
  He accompanied Giovanni da Pian del Carpine in his journey as delegate of Pope Innocent IV to the Great Khan Güyük of the Mongol Empire in 1245-1247. He was the author of the brief chronicle De itinere Fratrum Minorum ad Tartaros, published only in the 1839 in France and the source for a longer work, Hystoria Tartarorum, discovered and published only in 1965.
  The report of Benedict is important because it includes a copy of the letter of the Great Khan to the Pope.
context_section_description: Benedict of Poland (Latin: Benedictus Polonus, Polish Benedykt Polak) (ca. 1200 – ca. 1280) was a Polish Franciscan friar, traveler, explorer, and interpreter.
  He accompanied Giovanni da Pian del Carpine in his journey as delegate of Pope Innocent IV to the Great Khan Güyük 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), published only in the 1839 in France (and a year later in Poland) and the source for a longer work, Hystoria Tartarorum (History of the Tatars), discovered and published only in 1965.
  The report of Benedict is important because it includes a copy of the letter of the Great Khan to the Pope.
caption: Commemorative plaque for Benedict of Poland in Wrocław
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