Zdzisław I (d. between 1180 and 1185) was a 12th-century
Archbishop of Gniezno
This is a list of archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno, Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primate (bishop), primates of Poland since 1418.[Poland
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.
He was
Archbishop
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from before 26 April 1177 till after 28 March 1181.
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno
at GCatholic.org
He is mentioned in a documented on April 26, 1177, as a witness for the Lubiąż Abbey
Lubiąż Abbey (; ) is a former Cistercian monastery in Lubiąż, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland, located about northwest of Wrocław. With a main facade measuring , Lubiąż is one of the largest abbeys ever constructe ...
. He presided over an assembly at Easter
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1179 and the Convention of the Polish bishops and barons organised by Casimir II the Just
Casimir II the Just (; 28 October 1138 – 5 May 1194) was a Lesser Polish Duke of Wiślica from 1166 to 1173, and of Sandomierz after 1173. He became ruler over the Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków and thereby High Duke of Poland in 1177; a ...
in 1180. He is mentioned in a Bull
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of Pope Alexander III
Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland (), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181.
A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a Papal election, ...
dated March 28, 1181. The date of his death is not known but was probably in the 1180s.
See also
* The Gniezno Doors
The Gniezno Doors (, ) 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 Polish, ''Wojciech''), whose remains had been ...
may have been installed in his time.
External links
Virtual tour Gniezno Cathedral
References
Archbishops of Gniezno
12th-century births
1180s deaths
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