RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Zbigniew Oleśnicki

1389 - 1455

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Zbigniew Oleśnicki (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ɔlɛɕˈɲit͡skʲi]; 5 December 1389 – 1 April 1455), known in Latin as Sbigneus, was a high-ranking Roman Catholic clergyman and an influential Polish statesman and diplomat. He served as Bishop of Kraków from 1423 until his death in 1455. He took part in the management of the country's most important affairs, initially as a royal secretary under King Władysław II Jagiełło and later as the effective regent during King Władysław III's minority. In 1439 he became the first native Polish cardinal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zbigniew Oleśnicki is the 2,462nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,413th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from Poland (up from 872nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zbigniew Oleśnicki ranks 2,462 out of 3,187. Before him are Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Ida Siekmann, Renato Corti, Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria, Miguel Pro, and Emmanuel Célestin Suhard. After him are Anton Josef Gruscha, Talgat Tadzhuddin, Secundus of Asti, Sergius II of Constantinople, Jean de Brébeuf, and Stanislaus Papczyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1389, Zbigniew Oleśnicki ranks 8. Before him are John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Isabella of Valois, John V, Duke of Brittany, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Philip II, Count of Nevers, and Antoninus of Florence.  Among people deceased in 1455, Zbigniew Oleśnicki ranks 7. Before him are Pope Nicholas V, Fra Angelico, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Pisanello, Isabel of Coimbra, and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. After him is Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zbigniew Oleśnicki ranks 828 out of 1,694. Before him are Johannes Winkler (1897), Rudolph Maté (1898), Ida Siekmann (1902), Jadwiga Piłsudska (1920), Werner Olk (1938), and Alfred Stock (1876). After him are Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Stanislaus Papczyński (1631), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Paweł Strzelecki (1797), Jakub Błaszczykowski (1985), and Ulli Lommel (1944).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Zbigniew Oleśnicki ranks 42. Before him are Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), Hypatius Pociej (1541), Michał Sopoćko (1888), Johann Dzierzon (1811), Konrad Krajewski (1963), and Ida Siekmann (1902). After him are Stanislaus Papczyński (1631), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845), and Frederick Jagiellon (1468).

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