Gregory of Sanok

Gregorius Sanocenis Archiepiscopus Leopoliensis

Gregor von Sanok (Polish Grzegorz z Sanoka , * 1403 in Sanok ; † January 29, 1477 in Lemberg ) was a professor at the Cracow Academy (since 1813 Jagiellonian University) in Cracow , Archbishop of Lemberg , the first representative of humanism in Poland and Critic of scholasticism .

Life

At the age of twelve, von Sanok left his hometown Sanok for Krakow, where German was so important as the language of the urban and academic patriciate at the time that, due to a lack of knowledge of German, he set out to cross the Elbe and learn the language in Germany. His ten-year study trip probably took him to Italy. In 1428 he returned and enrolled at the Cracow Academy. In 1433 he became professor of Roman poetry . Later he was first educator of the son of the Tarnowski family and then of Władysław III. (Poland and Hungary) (1424–1444), who was crowned at the age of ten. Following his stay in Italy , he became a pastor and maintained close contacts with academic circles in Krakow.

From 1440 to 1450 he stayed in Hungary , where he was temporarily tutor of the sons of Johann Hunyadi and stayed at the court of Bishop Vitéz. After his return to Poland he became archbishop of Lemberg ( Archiepiscopus Leopoliensis ), where he founded the first humanistic court (?) In Poland. Filippo Buonaccorsi dedicated a biography to him in 1476, while he was still alive.

literature

Philippus Callimachus Buonaccorsi : Vita et more Gregorii Sanocei. 1476.

Web links

Sanok Local History Museum website (Polish)

Individual evidence

↑ Harold B. Segel: Renaissance Culture in Poland: The Rise of Humanism, 1470-1543. Cornell University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8014-2286-8
With the Vita of Philippus Callimachus (since that is the name the Italian wrote under) as our guide, then, let us explore the career of Gregory of Sanok and his role in the development of Renaissance humanism in Poland. According to Callimachus, Gregory was from the gentry (a claim generally disputed now by Polish scholars, who find no evidence to back it up) and at age twelve ran away from home because of harsh parental discipline. He came to Cracow to further his education and begin a career, but he found that doors were closed to him because he knew no German, the language of the city's urban and academic patriciate. Determined to remedy the situation, Gregory crossed the Elbe into Germany. He spent the next five years traveling (where, we do not know for certain) and earning his living by tutoring (what, precisely we are also unsure of). He must have spent considerable time in German-speaking lands, because he is eventually credited with knowing German well. It is also possible that his travels took him as far as Italy. In 1428, after ten years of a largely itinerant life, Gregory returned to Poland and enrolled in the University of Cracow as a candidate for the bachelor of arts degree. S. 20.
In 1418, at only twelve years of age, he ran away and traveled from one town to another until he eventually reached Cracow. He spent a few years there and then left for a five-year stay in Germany. When he returned to Cracow in 1428 to enroll at the university, he had behind him ten years of wandering, propelled by the twin hungers of mind and body. P. 31.

personal data
SURNAME	Sanok, Gregor von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Grzegorz z Sanoka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish theologian, university professor, Archbishop of Lemberg
DATE OF BIRTH	1403
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sanok
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 1477
Place of death	Lviv

[1] Harold B. Segel: Renaissance Culture in Poland: The Rise of Humanism, 1470-1543. Cornell University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8014-2286-8
With the Vita of Philippus Callimachus (since that is the name the Italian wrote under) as our guide, then, let us explore the career of Gregory of Sanok and his role in the development of Renaissance humanism in Poland. According to Callimachus, Gregory was from the gentry (a claim generally disputed now by Polish scholars, who find no evidence to back it up) and at age twelve ran away from home because of harsh parental discipline. He came to Cracow to further his education and begin a career, but he found that doors were closed to him because he knew no German, the language of the city's urban and academic patriciate. Determined to remedy the situation, Gregory crossed the Elbe into Germany. He spent the next five years traveling (where, we do not know for certain) and earning his living by tutoring (what, precisely we are also unsure of). He must have spent considerable time in German-speaking lands, because he is eventually credited with knowing German well. It is also possible that his travels took him as far as Italy. In 1428, after ten years of a largely itinerant life, Gregory returned to Poland and enrolled in the University of Cracow as a candidate for the bachelor of arts degree. S. 20.
In 1418, at only twelve years of age, he ran away and traveled from one town to another until he eventually reached Cracow. He spent a few years there and then left for a five-year stay in Germany. When he returned to Cracow in 1428 to enroll at the university, he had behind him ten years of wandering, propelled by the twin hungers of mind and body. P. 31.