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Jan Konarski

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Jan Konarski
Bishop of Kraków
Personal details
Born1447
Died1525
BuriedWawel Cathedral
DenominationCatholic
Coat of armsJan Konarski's coat of arms

Jan Konarski (b. 1447) was a Polish nobleman who was Bishop of Kraków (1503-1524).

Konarski was born in 1447 to a family that claimed the Abdank heraldry.[1] Because he was a member of the petty nobility, he had to rely on regal connections in order to achieve political success.[2]

In 1518, as Bishop of Kraków, Konarski founded a church in Kobylin dedicated to Saint Stanislaus. Elsewhere, he financed several other dedications to Saint Stanislaus including art, an altar, and a reliquary.[3] Konarski also welcomed Queen Bona Sforza to Kraków during her coronation in 1518.[4] Later, during the Reformation, Konarski ordered the printing and distribution of Exsurge Domine, a papal bull that condemned Martin Luther's writings. He provided his own preface where he personally also warned of Martin Luther's new writings.[5]

Konarski's tomb is located within Wawel Cathedral.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Niesiecki, K., Bobrowicz, J. N. (1840). Herbarz polski. Vol. 5. Poland: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe. p. 177 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Alvis, Robert (2016). "4: The Promise and the Peril of Liberty". White Eagle, Black Madonna: One Thousand Years of the Polish Catholic Tradition (ebook). United States: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823271726 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Nowakowska, N. (2017). Church, State and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468–1503). (ebook). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351951555
  4. ^ Kosior, K. (2019). Becoming a Queen in Early Modern Europe: East and West. Germany: Springer International Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 9783030118488
  5. ^ Nowakowska, N. (2018). King Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther: The Reformation Before Confessionalization. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 9780198813453
  6. ^ Kozakiewiczowa, H., Kozakiewicz, S. (1976). The Renaissance in Poland. Poland: Arkady. p. 34.