Piotr Tylicki

{{Short description|Former Bishop of Krakow}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| name = Piotr Tylicki

| title = Bishop of Kraków

| image = Castle in Lidzbark Warminski, Piotr Tylicki.jpg

| death_date = 1616

| birth_date = 1543

}}

Piotr Tylicki (1543–1616) was a Polish nobleman who was Bishop of Kraków (1607-1616). He was also Bishop of Chełmno, Warmia, and Włocławek,{{Cite web |title=Bishop Piotr Tylicki |url=https://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btylicki.html |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org}} and Vice-Chancellor of the Crown of Poland (1598-1603).See the Index of [https://pau.krakow.pl/Elementa/tomy/Elementa_IV_1961.pdf Elementa Ad Fontium Editiones IV], Roma, 1961, p. 304, where he is in the list of Vicecancellarius.

Tylicki was born in Kowal to a family that claimed the Lubicz coat of arms. He received an education at the Kraków Academy.{{Cite book |last=Łętowski |first=Ludwik |title=Katalog biskupów, prałatów i kanoników krakowskich: Biskupi krakowscy |publisher=Uniw. Jagiellońskiego |year=1852 |volume=2 |location=Poland |pages=162 |via=Google Books}} As Bishop of Kraków, he was made an inspector of monastic orders by the Holy See.Andrzej Bruździński. (2004). Cracow Bishop Piotr Tylicki and Monastic Orders in His Diocese (1607-1616). Folia historica Cracoviensia, 10, 49–69. ISSN 2391-6702. He approved the construction of a Carmelite monastery in Kraków which initiated construction in 1611.Benignus Józef Wanat. (2007). Saint Joseph Patron of the city of Krakow. Folia historica Cracoviensia, 13, 153–160. ISSN 2391-6702. Also as bishop, Tylicki played an important role in supporting Nowodworski Schools, an early type of private school, in Kraków.Graff, T. (2013). Wokół staropolskich fundacji i benefaktorów Szkół Nowodworskich w Krakowie. Folia Historica Cracoviensia, 19(1), 159–176. ISSN 2391-6702. In 1615, after the publication of the Monita Secreta, Tylicki initiated an inquiry to ensure that the authors of the allegedly sacrilegious text were punished.{{Cite book |title=The Jesuits II: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2016 |isbn=9781487512071 |editor-last=Bailey |editor-first=Gauvin Alexander |location=United Kingdom |pages=51 |type=ebook }}

Tylicki died in 1616. The official announcement of his death described him as an exemplary politician and patriot. He was also described as virtuous and humble.Wołyniec, B. M. (2014). Ars bene moriendi biskupa krakowskiego Piotra Tylickiego w świetle Listu Fryderyka Szembeka do Wawrzyńca Gembickiego. Folia Historica Cracoviensia, 20(1), 65–94. ISSN 2391-6702.