Johannes de Galonifontibus

Johannes de Galonifontibus (French: Jean de Gillefontaine) was a Dominican friar active in the South Caucasus in March 1377.[1] He was appointed by Gregory XI on 9 March 1377 as Bishop of Nakhchivan. He is often mistaken for Archbishop of Sultaniya, John III of Soltaniyeh who was also a bishop of Nakhchivan[2] because of Anton Kern, who published John III's Libellus de Notitia Orbis and tentatively associated him with his namesake.[3]

The Most Reverend

Jean de Gillefontaine
Bishop of Nakhchivan
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseBishopric of Nakhchivan
Appointed1377
PredecessorJohn of Rouen
SuccessorJohn III of Soltaniyeh
Orders
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Diedc. 1400

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  1. ^ The Cambridge history of Iran William Bayne Fisher, Peter Jackson, Laurence Lockhart p.375
  2. ^ Casali, Chiara (2010-03-24), "John of Sulṭāniyya", Christian-Muslim Relations 600 - 1500, Brill, retrieved 2023-12-29
  3. ^ A. Kern, ‘Der “Libellus de notitia orbis” Iohannes III (de Galonifontibus?) O.P. Erzbishofs von Sulthanyeh’, Archivium Fratrum Praedicatorum 8 (1938) pp. 81-123