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unusual facts about Thomas II, bishop of Wrocław



Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw

Charles of Austria, nicknamed the Posthumous, (Graz, August 7, 1590 – Madrid, December 28, 1624) was Bishop of Wrocław and grandmaster of the Teutonic Knights.

János Thurzó

Thurzo first married Ursula Boehm and the couple had three sons: György Thurzó who married Anna Fugger, later György Thurzó became the major of Kraków; another son of János, became the archbishop of Breslau (today Wroclaw); and their third son became the bishop of Olomouc.

Lațcu of Moldavia

The pope soon appointed three prelates (Jan Očko of Vlašim, archbishop of Prague, Przeclaw of Pogorzela, bishop of Wrocław, and Florian of Mokrsko, bishop of Cracow) to examine the state of affairs in the principality.

Thomas II, bishop of Wrocław

Before his death, on the Eve of St. John in 1290, the duke confirmed the rights of the Church to sovereignty over the territories of Neisse and Otmuchów making Thomas the first Prince-Bishop in Wrocław.

Other achievements of Thomas II include the consecration of the high altar of the cathedral, attendance at the First Council of Lyon (1274), holding a diocesan synod in 1279 and the establishment of the St. Thomas Collegiate Church in Racibórz.


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