Piotr Tomicki (1464 – 19 October 1535) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Przemyśl and Poznań, Archbishop of Kraków, Vice-Chancellor of the Crown, and Royal Secretary.[1] Celebrated as one of the most important representatives of the Polish Renaissance, he studied in Italy,[1] was part of the court of the nobleman and bishop Jan Lubrański, and had contacts with many of the enlightened minds of Europe, including Erasmus of Rotterdam.[2]
Tomicki was a generous patron of artists, particularly sculptors. His collection of sculptures from between 1520-30 was rivalled only by that of the king.[3] He also presided over changes at the Jagiellonian University, which created a department of Roman Law, and introduced the teaching of Greek and Hebrew. Under his guidance Stanisław Górski wrote Acta Tomiciana, a collection of documents from the time of Tomicki's service as chancellor.
- ^ a b Glomski, Jacqueline (2007). Patronage and Humanist Literature in the Age of the Jagiellons: Court and Career in the Writings of Rudolf Agricola Junior, Valentin Eck, and Leonard Cox. University of Toronto Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-8020-9300-4.
- ^ Segel, Harold B. (1989). Renaissance culture in Poland: the rise of humanism, 1470-1543. Cornell University Press. pp. 13. ISBN 0-8014-2286-8.
Piotr Tomicki.
- ^ Schulz, Anne Markham (1998). Giammaria Mosca Called Padovano: A Renaissance Sculptor in Italy and Poland. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 168. ISBN 0-271-01674-4.