Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (born 1242)

Riccoldo da Monte di Croce

Italian Dominican friar, travel writer, and missionary

Riccoldo da Monte di Croce or Ricold of Monte Croce was an Italian Dominican friar, travel writer, missionary, and Christian apologist. He is most famous for his polemical works on Medieval Islam and the account of his missionary travels to Baghdad.