Ricold of Monte Croce, Italian Dominican missionary (b. 1242)
Riccoldo da Monte di Croce (Florence; c. 1243–1320) or Ricold of Monte Croce (Latin: Ricoldus de Monte Crucis) 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.