Wincenty Kot
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His Excellency Wincenty Kot | |
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| Archbishop of Gniezno Primate of Poland | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Gniezno |
| Installed | 1437 |
| Term ended | 1448 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1395 |
| Died | 14 August 1448 (aged 52–53) |
| Coat of arms |  |
Wincenty II Kot (c. 1395–1448) was a 15th-century Roman Catholic Archbishop of Gniezno, in Poland.[1]
He was born around 1395. Before he was elected Archbishop of Gniezno he was a teacher and tutor of the king's sons Wladyslaw and Kazimierz. Kot caught the attention of Wladyslaw Jagiello on a visit to Lithuania. Kot soon after moved to the Wawel Castle, where the royal family lived.
At the end of May 1434 Wladyslaw Jagiello contracted pneumonia while out listening to the songs of nightingales in the woods near Przemyśl[2] and died on 1 June at the age of 83. Two years later, when the post of archbishop of Gniezno became vacant, the new king put his tutor into the office. He was consecrated on 15 March 1437 by the then Bishop of Cracow, Zbigniew Oleśnicki.[3][4] Bishop Kot held the office of the Archbishop of Gniezno for 12 years. He was also titular bishop of San Crisogono and Vice-Chancellor of the Crown.
