Gregory of Sanok ( pl, Grzegorz z Sanoka;

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...

, 1403 or 1407 – 29 January 1477, Rohatyn) was a Polish

bishop 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 ...

, a professor at the Kraków Academy, metropolitan

archbishop of Lwów The Latin Archdiocese of Lviv ( la, Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected on August 28, 1412 in the city of Lwów (today Lviv). It serves as a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. The principal patron of the Arch ...

, scholar, philosopher and a major figure of Polish

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Life

He left home at age twelve and for the next ten years traveled across Europe, including Germany, where he learned the language. After his prolonged studies abroad, in 1421 he returned and initially studied at Kraków Academy, serving as choirmaster. He graduated in 1433, was appointed tutor to the children of

Jan Tarnowski Jan Amor Tarnowski (Latin: Joannes Tarnovius; 1488 – 16 May 1561) was a Polish nobleman, knight, military commander, military theoretician, and statesman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527, and was th ...

, and journeyed with the family to Italy. He came to the attention of Pope Eugenius IV and studied in

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. After returning to Poland in 1439 he was a professor of Graeco-Roman poetry and Italian literature at the Kraków Academy. He became

Archbishop of Lwów The Latin Archdiocese of Lviv ( la, Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected on August 28, 1412 in the city of Lwów (today Lviv). It serves as a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. The principal patron of the Arch ...

in 1451 and a pioneer of Polish humanism. He gathered scholars and poets at his residence in Dunajów.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory Of Sanok 1403 births 1477 deaths Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Polish Renaissance humanists Archbishops of Lviv 15th-century Polish writers 15th-century Polish people 15th-century Polish philosophers