Hippolytus or Hipolit (died c. 1027) was an early
medieval
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archbishop
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of
Gniezno
Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...
. His place and date of birth date are unknown but the
medieval
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historian
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Jan DÅ‚ugosz
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claims that he was of
noble birth and a
Roman citizen
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. Modern scholars generally agree that he was not
Polish.
[A. P. Vlasto The Entry of the ]Slavs
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into Christendom
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: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs, CUP
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Archive ltd, 1970 page 137.
He was appointed
Bishop
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between 18 April 1025 and
25 December 1025 in
Gniezno Cathedral
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by
Bolesław I the Brave
Bolesław I the Brave (17 June 1025), less often List of people known as the Great, known as Bolesław the Great, was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025 and the first King of Poland in 1025. He was also Duke of Bohemia between 1003 and 1004 as Boles ...
. He was
primate
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of
Poland
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through the last part of Boleslaw's
reign
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and the beginning of
Mieszko II Lambert
Mieszko II Lambert (; c. 990 – 10/11 May 1034) was List of Polish monarchs, King of Kingdom of Poland (1025–1031), Poland from 1025 to 1031 and Duchy of Poland (c. 960–1025), Duke from 1032 until his death.
He was the second son of BolesÅ ...
's.
On April 18, 1025, he crowned Boleslaw I the Brave and on December 25, 1025, Mieszko II Lambert as the kings of Poland in his Gniezno cathedral.
He died in 1027 and is buried in
Gniezno Cathedral
The Royal Gniezno Cathedral (The Primatial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Shrine of St. Adalbert, ) is a Brick Gothic cathedral located in the historic city of Gniezno that served as the coronation place for ...
.
References
External links
Virtual tour Gniezno Cathedral
10th-century births
1027 deaths
Archbishops of Gniezno
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