Piotr Tomicki

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Portrait of Archbishop Piotr Tomicki.

Piotr Tomicki (1464 – 19 October 1535) was a Roman Catholic

Erasmus of Rotterdam.[2]

Tomicki was a generous patron of artists, particularly sculptors. His collection of sculptures from between 1520-30 was rivalled only by that of the king.

Jagiellonian University, which created a department of Roman Law, and introduced the teaching of Greek and Hebrew. Under his guidance Stanisław Górski
wrote Acta Tomiciana, a collection of documents from the time of Tomicki's service as chancellor.

Life

Tomicki was born in 1464 near Poznań, the son of Mikołaj of

magistrature in philosophy three years later in 1493. That same year he travelled to Bologna to study law, finishing his doctorate in 1500.[1]

Immediately after graduation he began working in the

clergyman. After the death of Cardinal Fryderyk, Piotr went to the court of Jan Lubrański, the bishop of Poznań, where he remained between 1503-1506. Then he went to the office of the crown of King Sigismund I the Old, in whose service as secretary he repeatedly traveled as envoy to Hungary, Wallachia, and Pomerania
.

In 1511 Piotr was ordained a priest, and in 1514 he was consecrated Bishop of

Execution movement
.

Piotr Tomicki died in Kraków on 19 October 1535. He was buried in Wawel Cathedral in a chapel that he himself founded.

He is one of the characters on the famous painting by Jan Matejko, Prussian Homage.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8020-9300-4
    .
  2. ISBN 0-8014-2286-8
    . Piotr Tomicki.
  3. ISBN 0-271-01674-4
    .

Further reading

External links
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