Piotr of Chotków
{{Short description|Former Bishop of Płock}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Piotr of Chotków
| title = Bishop of Płock
| death_date = 1497
| image = Herb Kosciesza.jpg
| caption = The purported arms of Piotr
| buried = Płock
| consecrated_by = Bishop Andrzej Oporowski
| alma_mater = Kraków Academy, University of Bologna
| education = Doctor of Medicine
| predecessor = Casimir III of Płock
| successor = Jan Lubrański
| previous_post = Chancellor to Dukes of Masovia
}}
Piotr of Chotków (d. 1497) was a medieval Polish educator and clergyman who was Bishop of Płock (1480-1497).{{Cite web |title=Bishop Piotr Chotkowski |url=https://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop//bchotk.html |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org}}
Biography
Multiple locations are provided for Piotr's birth. Historian Antoni Julian Nowowiejski indicates the village of Mąkolin near Bodzanów, and the Polish Biographical Dictionary indicates Chotkowo near Bodzanów.{{Cite book |last=Nowowiejski |first=Antoni Julian |title=Plock monografja historyczna |publisher=Rosiński |year=1917 |location=Poland |pages=45 |oclc=652295014 |via=Google Books}} Piotr was born into the peasantry, but both Nowowiejski and Samuel Orgelbrand acknowledge that heraldists associate him with the Kościesza coat of arms.{{Cite book |last=Orgelbrand |first=Samuel |title=Encyklopedyja powszechna |publisher=Orgelbrand |year=1861 |volume=5 |location=Poland |pages=494 |oclc=741865525 |via=Google Books}} Heraldist {{Ill|Adam Boniecki|pl|Adam Boniecki (heraldyk)}} lists Piotr under the Kościesza arms.
Piotr received degrees from the Kraków Academy in 1454 and 1457. After this, he lectured in Kraków before moving to Bologna where he received a degree in medicine.{{Cite book |last=Boniecki |first=Adam |title=Herbarz polski: Wiadomosći historyczno-genealogiczne o rodach szlacheckich |publisher=Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe |year=1900 |volume=3 |location=Warsaw |pages=75 |oclc=9811682878 |via=Google Books}} He then lectured at the university in Bologna before moving back to Poland. By 1471, he was tutor and then chancellor for both Janusz II and Bolesław V, the sons of Bolesław IV.
Piotr became Bishop of Płock in 1480. As bishop, he built a school, hospital, and chapel. He also authored medical texts during his life.
Piotr died in 1497 and was buried in Płock.Andrzej Sołtan, Piotr z Chotkowa , [in:] Polish Biographical Dictionary, vol. XXVI, Wrocław–Warsaw–Kraków–Gdańsk–Łódź 1981.