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TIL that Giovanni da Montecorvino was a 13th-century catholic missionary who, on orders of the pope, went on a journey to mongol-ruled China. There he translated the Bible into Mongolian, converted about 6000 people and was appointed "archbishop of Beijing" by the pope.

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