Prester John

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title: Prester John
text: Prester John 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. The accounts were often embellished with various tropes of medieval popular fantasy, depicting Prester John as a descendant of the Three Magi, ruling a kingdom full of riches, marvels, and strange creatures. At first, Prester Jo
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description: Medieval mythical Christian king of an eastern nation
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John
date created: 2002-09-16T20:10:43Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T22:49:28Z
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