Pean (bishop of Poznań)

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Pean was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Poznan, Poland in the twelfth century. [1]

Little is known about his life, career, or episcopacy. He is mentioned as the Chancellor of Prince Mieszko the Old in a document dated 2 March 1145, written by papal legate Cardinal Humbalda to the Abbey of Trzemesznie, near Gniezno.

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Abbey at Lubin

Pean served as the Bishop of Poznan from 1146 till 1152, from 1146 until 1152, as recorded in the Annales Lubinensis. [2] He is also mentioned in the records of the Liber Lubinensis fraternity, which confirm his role as a benefactor of the Abbey of Lubin. [3] [4]

Pean died on 16 April 1152.

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References

  1. Poznan Diocese at GCatholic
  2. Annales Lubinensis w: Monumenta Poloniae Historica Pomniki dziejowe Polski. T. Annales Lubinensis in Monumenta Historica, p866
  3. Stanisław Karwowski, Biskupi poznańscy z XII i początku XIII wieku [Bishop of Poznan 12th and early thirteenth century], Annals of the Association of Friends of Science, Poznan 1911, pp. 120-121
  4. Wojciech Kętrzyński: Studyja nad dokumentami XII wieku , Roczniki Akademii Umiejętności, Lwów 1891, p. 312.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Bogufał I
Bishop of Poznan
1146–1152
Succeeded by
Stefan