PrzecÅ‚aw of Pogorzela (; 5 March 1310 – 6 April 1376 in
Otmuchów
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The city was mentioned for the first time as ''Otemochow'' in 1155. It was named in its Old Polish form ''Othmucho ...
) was a
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of the
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and
Bishop of Wrocław
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and Duke of Nysa from 1342–1376. Bishops of Wroclaw at GCatholic.org.
Przecław of Pogorzela was born in 1310 into a noble family in the Duchy of Brześc.Przecław z Pogorzeli /ref> By April 1329 he was
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of
Wrocław
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. In 1336 he visited
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to study. On 5 May 1341, he was elected
Bishop of Wrocław
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* 1051–1062 – Hieronymus
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, but due to the opposition of the
Archbishop of Gniezno
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for
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approval, which was confirmed on 28 January 1342.
A tireless builder, he oversaw the completion of Wroclaw Cathedral, built the Church of St. Stanislaus and Dorothy, the chapel of St. Mary's
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and Joseph's
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,
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. He introduced the feast of St. Jadwiga and also had audiences with
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Casimir III the Great
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. In 1348, he purchased the castle of
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Åšwidnica
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, and turned it into the palace of the prince-bishops of Wrocław.
He died on the night of 5-6 April 1376 in Otmuchów, and was buried in the chapel of St. Mary's Church,
Wrocław Cathedral
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, in a marble sarcophagus. His time has been considered a "golden age" of the bishopric of Wrocław.