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Prester John (Latin: Presbyter Ioannes) was a legendary Christian patriarch, presbyter, and king. Stories popular in Europe in the 12th to the 17th centuries told of a Church of the East patriarch and king who was said to rule over a Christian nation lost amid the pagans and Muslims in the Orient.
Prester John, legendary Christian ruler of the East, popularized in medieval chronicles and traditions as a hoped-for ally against the Muslims. Believed to be a Nestorian (i.e., a member of an independent Eastern Christian church that did not accept the authority of the patriarch of Constantinople)
O Preste João foi um lendário soberano cristão do Oriente que detinha funções de patriarca e rei, tendo sido relacionado ao Imperador da Etiópia. Diz-se que era um homem virtuoso e um governante generoso.
Prester John, Legendary Christian ruler of the East. He was believed to be a Nestorian and a king-priest (prester being short for presbyter, “elder” or “priest”) reigning in an unspecified part of the Far East.
20 de fev. de 2018 · The history of Prester John is the history of a man who never existed. Medieval legend called him into being when it was felt that his presence would be of help in the struggle between Christian Europe and the Islamic world. His name was first recorded in 1145 and continued to appear from time to time up to the beginning of the 17th century.
The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe from the twelfth through the seventeenth centuries, told of a Christian patriarch and king said to rule over a Christian nation lost amidst the Muslims and pagans in the Orient.
15 de fev. de 2020 · The story of Prester John as ruler of a fabled Christian land overflowing with gold somewhere in Africa or Asia inspired countless exploratory missions aimed at expanding European and Christian authority across the globe. Learn more in this online exhibit from the Harvard Map Collection.
