Wednesday, February 11, 2015

..........The well of Saint Geneve



In 1245, Innocent IV issued bulls and sent an envoy in the person of Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (accompanied byBenedict the Pole) to the "Emperor of the Tartars" The message asked the Mongol ruler to become a Christian and stop his aggression against Europe. The Khan Güyük replied in 1246 in a letter written in Persian that still rests in the Vatican Library, demanding the submission of the Pope and the other rulers of Europe.



The well with pulleys