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has gloss | eng: Simon of St Quentin (fl. 1245-48) was a Dominican friar and diplomat who accompanied Ascelin of Lombardia on an embassy which Pope Innocent IV sent to the Mongols in 1245. Simon’s account of the mission, in its original form, is lost; but a large section has been preserved in Vincent of Beauvais’ Speculum Historiale, where nineteen chapters are expressly said to be ex libello fratris Simonis. |
lexicalization | eng: Simon of St Quentin |
instance of | (noun) a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order friar preacher, Black Friar, Dominican, Blackfriar |
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