Piotr Gamrat
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Piotr Gamrat of Sulima arms (1487 – 27 August 1545) was Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland.Nitecki, Piotr (2000) Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce w latach 965–1999: słownik biograficzny (The Bishops of the Church in Poland in the Years 965 – 1999: Biographical Dictionary (2nd edition) Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warsaw, Poland, pages 108–109, {{ISBN|83-211-1311-7}}, in Polish
Biography
Gamrat was born in Samoklęski near Jasło, Poland. Early in his career, Gamrat was the royal secretary to Sigismund I the Old. Gamrat was bishop of Kamieniec since 1531, of Przemyśl since 1535, of Kraków since 1538 and simultaneously Archbishop of Gniezno since 1541. From 1540 until 1545 Marcin Kromer was Gamrat's secretary.{{fact|date=September 2020}}
Gamrat actively fought the influence of the Protestant Reformation. He contributed to the development of sermons, reformed religious education in Poland, and reformed the local administration of the Catholic Churches. In addition to his activity in the dioceses, he led a secular lifestyleRule, William Harris (compiler) (1851) "Chapter VIII: Gamrat, Primate of Poland" Martyrologia; or, Records of Religious Persecution, a New and Comprehensive Book of Martyrs of Ancient and Modern Times compiled partly from the Acts and Monuments of J. Foxe and partly from other genuine and authentic documents: Volume III John Mason, London, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MkIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA535 pages 535–536], {{OCLC|15465019}} and participated in the political life of the state.
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External links
- [http://www.archidiecezja.pl/panorama/katedra360/index.html Virtual tour Gniezno Cathedral ]
- [http://prymaspolski.pl/prymasi/ List of Primates of Poland ]
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Primate of Poland | years=1541–1545}}
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Category:People from Jasło County
Category:Ecclesiastical senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Category:Archbishops of Gniezno
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Przemyśl
Category:16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Poland
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