Giovanni de' Marignolli

Giovanni de' Marignolli (fl. 1338–1353) was a Florentine Franciscan and papal legate to the Mongol Yuan court of China. In 1338 Pope Benedict XII sent him after Yuan envoys reached Avignon asking for a successor to Archbishop John of Montecorvino.

He reached Khanbaliq in 1342 and was received by Toghon Temür; his mission built a church and baptized converts at Almaliq. After three or four years he sailed home from Quanzhou by way of India and Persia, reaching Avignon in 1353 with the khan's letter. He later became bishop of Bisignano and chronicler to Emperor Charles IV in Prague.