Folia Historica Cracoviensia (Dec 2012)
Holy Orders of the Clergy given by Jan Rzeszowski
Abstract
The study presents Holy Orders of the Clergy given by Jan Rzeszowski the bishop of Cracow. Two registers of acolytes ordained by the Cracow ordinary between the years 1473 and 1473 in Kunow and Bodzentyn were used as the source of the study. The registers were included in the bishop’s book of duties, presently kept in the Archives of Metropolitan Curia in Cracow. The registers contain data of 21 persons who were ordained acolytes by the Cracow bishop. It is interesting that both ceremonies took place on Sunday. In 1473 as well as in 1475 the bishop ordained the presented clergy in places which were the capitals of groups of land estates of the Cracow bishoprics holding prominent places in the structure of the diocese. The registers of persons ordained by Jan Rzeszowski from 1473 and 1475 are the oldest relics of that kind, coming from the lands belonging to Poland and described in the subject literature so far.
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