Lambert Suła was
Bishop of Kraków
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
from 1061 until his death in 1071.
According to tradition he may have come from the
Piast
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented List of Polish monarchs, Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I of Poland, Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Poland during the Piast dynasty, Piasts' royal rule i ...
dynasty. He was ordained in 1037, and mention of this fact is located in the Kraków chapter, which is attributed to Lambert. He is also mentioned in the 13th century ''Annals of the Kraków Chapter'', which lists the names of the first nine Bishops.
[Data z Katalogu biskupów krakowskich, ale wydania z XIV w.]
He assumed the bishopric of Kraków after a two-year vacancy after the death of his predecessor
Archbishop Aron. He oversaw the completion of the construction of the
Romanesque Wawel Cathedral
The Wawel Cathedral ( pl, Katedra Wawelska), formally titled the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus, is a Roman Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Nearly 1000 years old, it is part of the ...
and was a reformer of the church in Poland and an ally of
Bolesław the Bold Boleslav or Bolesław may refer to:
In people:
* Boleslaw (given name)
In geography:
*Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
*Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
*Bolesław, Silesian Voivodeship, Pol ...
.
He died on 22 August 1071.
References
External links
*Jacek Banaszkiewicz
Prolog do Rocznika kapituły krakowskiej,św. Stanisław i czas historyczny
11th-century births
1071 deaths
Bishops of Kraków
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