Heinrich von Wülzburg was a German

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monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...

of the

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

of Wülzburg and Archbishop of Gniezno in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. According to the fourteenth-century life of Otto of Bamberg Heinrich arrived in

among the entourage of

Otto of Bamberg Otto of Bamberg (1060 or 1061 – 30 June 1139) was a German missionary and papal legate who converted much of medieval Pomerania to Christianity. He was the bishop of Bamberg from 1102 until his death. He was canonized in 1189. Early life Th ...

. However,

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 histor ...

, writing in 15th century and ''

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'' do not reference him and there is some question about whether Heinrich was actually

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. Modern scholarship has been divided on his historicity, as he is mentioned in a single 12th-century source (

Ebbo Bambergensis Ebbo or Ebo ( – 20 March 851) was the Archbishop of Rheims from 816 until 835 and again from 840 to 841. He was born a German serf on the royal demesne of Charlemagne. He was educated at his court and became the librarian and councillor ...

' ''Vita Ottonis episcopi Bambergensi'') and not in any other contemporary sources, including documents related to the Gniezno archbishopric. None of the old catalogs of the archbishops of Gniezno mentions him, nor does Jan Dlugosz know about him. Among the historians who accept his historicity there is no agreement on his dates of birth, death, origin ( Wülzburg is only one of the possible renderings of his origin; others include for example

Weltenberg Weltenburg Abbey (Kloster Weltenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Weltenburg near Kelheim on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany. Geography The abbey is situated on a peninsula in the Danube, in a section of the river valley called the Weltenbur ...

) and the period of his service as the archbishop. Wladyslaw Abraham held that Heinrick became

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in 1092 following the death of Bogumiła and before Marcin.

Tadeusz Wojciechowski Tadeusz Wojciechowski (b. 13 June 1838 in Kraków, d. 21 November 1919 in Lwów) was a Polish historian, professor, and rector of the University of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine; then in the Austro-Hungary). One of the founders of the Polish Histor ...

claimed that Heinrich came from the Abbey of Weltenberg and that he was actually

between

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and Jacob of Żnin. This position being supported by

Karol Maleczyński Karol Maleczyński (1897–1968) was a Polish historian.Samp, p. 108. Karol Maleczyński was born October 28, 1897, in Grębowo near Tarnobrzeg.Heck, p. 481. He was the son of Stefan and Józefina. Maleczyński attended to ''gimnazjum'' in Stan ...

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