Radwan
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdiocesePoznań
SeePoznań
PredecessorPean
SuccessorCherubin
Orders
Rankbishop
Personal details
Died1172

Radwan (Radowan) (died 1172) was a bishop of Poznań.

Nothing is known about his origin and family. He was a chancellor of duke Mieszko III Stary (mentioned in 1152/1153) and later, probably in 1164, became a bishop of Poznań. His promotion was a basic argument for Tadeusz Wojciechowski's hypothesis about a special connection between the chancellor office and Poznań's bishopric.

Name and origin

His name in Latin was written as Radovanus.[1]

Most Polish historians used Radwan as a Polish version of his name.[2] Historian Tomasz Jurek considered the version Radowan as a proper one.[3]

According to Jan Długosz, a chronicler living in 15th century, Radwan was member of the Śreniawitas (Śreniawici) family, but modern historians considered this information as erroneous.[2] Historian Józef Nowacki supposed that Radwan was member of the Radwan family.[2]

Chancellor

Radwan was a chancellor of Mieszko III the Old, duke of Greater Poland. As a chancellor he is mentioned in the foundation charter for the Cistercian monastery in Łekno.[3] The charter was issued in 1153.[2][3] According to Cistercians' tradition the start of a new year was Lady Day (25 March), so the charter could be issued between 25 March 1152 and 24 March 1153.[3] He probably became a chancellor in 1146 when his predecessor Pean became the bishop of Poznań.[4]

Later Radwan became a bishop of Poznań. His promotion was a basic argument for Tadeusz Wojciechowski's hypothesis about a special connection between the chancellor office and Poznań's bishopric.[2] Radwan's career looks similar to other bishops of Poznań who earlier were Mieszko's chancellors, like his predecessor Pean and successor Cherubin.[5]

Bishop of Poznań

There is a dispute among historians about dates when Radwan was a bishop of Poznań. According to chronicler Jan Długosz Radwan was bishop from 1156 to 1162, but in other place he mentioned that he was a bishop on 6 May 1170.[2] The first information is considered as untrue, while the second was based on earlier sources.[2][3]

According to the Rocznik Lubiński (Lubin's Yearbook) Radwan was a successor of Cherubin, who died in 1172.[2] This information is false as Cherubin was a bishop of Poznań during a synod in Łęczyca in 1180.[3] Historian Władysław Semkowicz supposed there is a mistake in sequence of bishops in Rocznik Lubiński and Radwan should be placed before Cherubin.[2] This thesis is widely accepted by scholars.[2][6] According to most historians Radwan was a bishop from 1164 to 1172.[4][5]

On May 6, 1170 Mieszko III Stary and Radwan founded a hospice at the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel near Poznan.[7] In 1187 Mieszko III Stary gave the hospice to the Knights of Saint John.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Zakrzewski, Ignacy, ed. (1877). Kodeks Dyplomatyczny Wielkopolski. Poznań: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk Poznańskiego. p. 104.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Antoni Gąsiorowski (1987). "Radwan (Radovanus, Radowan)". Polski słownik biograficzny (in Polish). Vol. 30. Polska Akademia Nauk. p. 1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jurek, Tomasz (2016). "Średniowieczny katalog biskupów poznańskich w Roczniku lubińskim ukryty" (PDF). Studia Źródłoznawcze. 54: 55.
  4. 1 2 Maleczyński, Karol (1928). "O kanclerzach polskich XII wieku". Kwartalnik Historyczny. 42 (1): 38.
  5. 1 2 Wasilewski, Tadeusz (1985). "Kościół monarszy w X-XII w. i jego zwierzchnik biskup polski" (PDF). Kwartalnik Historczyny. 92 (4): 765.
  6. ↑ Jurek, Tomasz (2016). "Średniowieczny katalog biskupów poznańskich w Roczniku lubińskim ukryty" (PDF). Studia Źródłoznawcze. 54: 56.
  7. 1 2 Wasilkiewicz Kamil (2022). "Czy szpitalnicy pomagali chorym? Działalność lecznicza joannitów na ziemiach polskich w średniowieczu. Zarys problemu". In Brzostowicz, Michał; Czerwiński, Antoni; Przybył, Maciej (eds.). Plagi i medycyna w dawnych wiekach. Zbiór wykładów popularnonaukowych wygłoszonych podczas XVIII Ogólnopolskiego Festiwalu Kultury Słowiańskiej i Cysterskiej w Lądzie nad Wartą w dniach 4-5 czerwca 2022 roku. Poznań: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu. p. 86. ISBN 9788360109793.

References

Primary sources

Secondary sources

  • Gąsiorowski, Antoni (1987). "Radwan (Radovanus, Radowan)". Polski słownik biograficzny (in Polish). Vol. 30. Polska Akademia Nauk. p. 1.
  • Jurek, Tomasz (2016). "Średniowieczny katalog biskupów poznańskich w Roczniku lubińskim ukryty" (PDF). Studia Źródłoznawcze. 54.
  • Maleczyński, Karol (1928). "O kanclerzach polskich XII wieku". Kwartalnik Historyczny. 42 (1).
  • Wasilewski, Tadeusz (1985). "Kościół monarszy w X-XII w. i jego zwierzchnik biskup polski" (PDF). Kwartalnik Historczyny. 92 (4): 765.
  • Wasilkiewicz Kamil (2022). "Czy szpitalnicy pomagali chorym? Działalność lecznicza joannitów na ziemiach polskich w średniowieczu. Zarys problemu". In Brzostowicz, Michał; Czerwiński, Antoni; Przybył, Maciej (eds.). Plagi i medycyna w dawnych wiekach. Zbiór wykładów popularnonaukowych wygłoszonych podczas XVIII Ogólnopolskiego Festiwalu Kultury Słowiańskiej i Cysterskiej w Lądzie nad Wartą w dniach 4-5 czerwca 2022 roku. Poznań: Muzeum Archeologiczne w Poznaniu. p. 86. ISBN 9788360109793.
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