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This is the birth-place of Fra' Giovanni di Pian di Carpine, who owes his name to the mighty carpini betuli (horn-beams) which once covered the plain at the foot of Magione. In 1225 the friar was sent by Pope Innocent IV to the Orient, to spread the order of the minorites.
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