Jan Gryfita (first name also spelled Janik or Janisław, ? - 1167 or 1176) was an
archbishop of Gniezno (1149 – c. 1167) and
bishop of Wrocław (1146 – 1149). Together with his brother Klemens, he was a co-founder of the
Cistercian Abbey of Jędrzejów. He was likely the patron and fundator of the
Gniezno Doors
The Gniezno Doors ( pl, Drzwi Gnieźnieńskie, la, Porta Regia) are a pair of bronze doors placed at the entrance to Gniezno Cathedral in Gniezno, Poland. They are decorated with eighteen bas-relief scenes from the life of St. Adalbert (in Poli ...
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Further reading
*M.L. Wójcik
Ród Gryfitów do końca XIII wieku. Pochodzenie — genealogia — rozsiedlenie "Historia" CVII, Wrocław 1993
Date of birth unknown
Archbishops of Gniezno
Bishops of Wrocław
12th-century deaths
Janik
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