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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 est un explorateur vieux de plusieurs centaines d'années, né au royaume de Pentoxere, situé en Asie, qu'il dirigea. Il fut l'allié de Richard Cœur de Lion et lui servit de conseiller. Il visita le royaume extra-dimensionnel d'Avalon, où on lui remit le Mauvais Œil, un artefact mystique.
4 juin 2024 · 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)
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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 févr. 2018 · Learn how a legendary Christian priest king in Asia or Africa inspired European explorers for centuries. Discover the origins, variations and impact of the Prester John myth in medieval and early modern history.
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 févr. 2020 · Prester John was a mythical Christian king who inspired European explorers to seek his land. Explore the online exhibit from the Harvard Map Collection to learn more about the legend and its impact.
