Katarina Vilioni (died 1342) was an Italian woman and one of the first Europeans known to have resided in China. She was a member of an Italian, likely...

Europeans started to visit and live in China, such as Marco Polo and Katarina Vilioni, and papal missionaries such as John of Montecorvino and Giovanni de...

European monarchs and the pope, visiting Greece, Italy, and France Katarina Vilioni (d. 1342), an Italian woman whose tombstone was found in Yangzhou,...

subjects in internal affairs and the discovery of the 1342 tomb of Katarina Vilioni, member of an Italian trading family in Yangzhou, does, however, suggest...

tombstone was also discovered in Yangzhou, commemorating the death of Caterina Vilioni, daughter of Domenico, in 1342. This is an important object, which offers...

Montecorvino, 13th–14th century Archbishop of Khanbaliq (Beijing) Katarina Vilioni, 14th-century Italian woman who lived in Yangzhou Marco Polo, 13th-century...

Christians in Jiangsu has been attested as early as the 14th century (see Katarina Vilioni), but when the Jesuit missionaries reached the province in the late...

The Franciscan Odoric of Pordenone visited China during this era. Katarina Vilioni's Catholic tombstone was found in Yangzhou. The mission had some success...