Sigismund Albicus () (c.1360 – July 23, 1427) was a

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Archbishop of Prague and a Moravian. Albicus was born at Uničov,

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, and entered the University of Prague when quite young, taking his degree in

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in 1387. Desiring to pursue the study of civil and

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with more profit, he went to

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and received the

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's degree in 1404, at

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. On his return to Prague, he taught medicine for twenty years in the university. He was appointed physician-in-chief to

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, who recommended him as successor to the archdiocese of Prague, on the death of its incumbent in 1409. The canons appointed him to the position, although reluctantly. Albicus held it only four years, and when he resigned, in 1413,

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was elected in his place. Albicus later received the Priory of Vyšehrad and the title of Archbishop of Caesarea. He was accused of favouring the new doctrines of

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and

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. He retired to

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during the Hussite war, and died there, in 1427. He left three works on medical subjects, which were published after his death: ''Praxis medendi''; ''Regimen Sanitatis''; ''Regimen pestilentiæ'' (Leipzig, 1484–87).

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