Wincenty Kadłubek
Wincenty Kadłubek | |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Kraków | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Kraków |
| See | Kraków |
| Appointed | 28 March 1208 |
| Term ended | 1218 |
| Predecessor | Fulko |
| Successor | Iwo Odrowąż |
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| Consecration | May 1208 by Henryk Kietlicz |
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| Born | Wincenty Kadłubek c. 1150 |
| Died | 23 March 1223 (aged 72-73) Jędrzejów, Kingdom of Poland |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 8 March |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 18 February 1764 Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII |
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Wincenty Kadłubek (Latin: Vincentius Cadlubkonis; c. 1150 – 8 March 1223) was a Polish Catholic prelate and professed Cistercian who served as the Bishop of Kraków from 1208 until his resignation in 1218. His episcopal mission was to reform the diocesan priests to ensure their holiness and invigorate the faithful and cultivate greater participation in ecclesial affairs on their part. Wincenty was much more than just a bishop; he was a leading scholar in Poland from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He was also a lawyer, historian, church reformer, monk, magister, and the father of Polish culture and national identity.
The process of his canonization proved quite slow despite the initial momentum to see him proclaimed as a saint. The cause languished for several centuries until 1764 when Pope Clement XIII beatified him.