Florian Laskary z Kościelca was

Bishop of Płock A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

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from 1317 until his death in 1333 AD, He was also

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of Duke Bolesław II and a chaplain at

Gniezno Gniezno (; german: Gnesen; la, Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, ...

. Born into the Leszczyc

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, he had a successful career in the

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. From 6 August 1299 he was chaplain of the Duke of Płock, Bolesław II and was a

from 1318–1333. During his long episcopacy he tried to establish good relations with the

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but was one of the initiators of the conclusion of the Alliance between the Teutonic Knights and Duke

Wenceslaus of Płock Wenceslaus (Wańko) of Płock ( pl, Wacław Płocki, Masovian dialect: ''Wańko Puocky''; 1293/97 – 23 May 1336), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast, Duke of Płock from 1313 and vassal of Bohemia from 1329. He was the third son ...

. He also began construction of the Bishop's Castle in

Pułtusk Pułtusk (pronounced ) is a town in northeast Poland, by the river Narew. Located north of Warsaw in the Masovian Voivodeship, it had a population of about 19,000 . Known for its historic architecture and Europe's longest paved marketplace ( in ...

, he died on 21 June 1333 in Pułtusk.

Jan Długosz Jan Długosz (; 1 December 1415 – 19 May 1480), also known in Latin as Johannes Longinus, was a Polish priest, chronicler, diplomat, soldier, and secretary to Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków. He is considered Poland's first histo ...

. Zob Pułtusk i okolice, M. Omilanowska, J.(eds) Sito (Katalog zabytków sztuki w Polsce, t. X, z. 20),

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1999, p29.

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Bishops of Płock Year of birth unknown 13th-century births 1333 deaths 14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub