Bruno von Schauenburg

As a bishop in history of Moravia he is known thanks to colonization and his role in founding many new towns.

After the fire damaged the Saint Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc in 1265, he renewed it in the Gothic style.

He is considered to be a pioneer of the colonization of medieval Moravia, he had previously inhabited uninhabited areas, mainly in the central part (Drahanská vrchovina) and in the north of Moravia (areas between Oder and Ostravice).

He supported the Pope's King Ottokar II in his efforts for the Roman royal crown.

Often, he also stood in the ranks of the armies of King Ottokar II, which at the time was not yet among the clergy as extraordinary.

In 1276, he persuaded King Ottokar II to intervene in Vienna Rudolf I of Germany.

He was buried in front of the main altar in the Church of St. Maurice in Kroměříž, which he established himself.

Bruno wrote his Relatio de statu ecclesiae in regno alemaniae (Relation on the state of the church in the kingdom of Germany) for the Second Council of Lyon in 1274.

He advised the prosecution of the crusade in eastern Europe under the general direction of King Ottokar II of Bohemia so as to bring peace at home before launching a crusade to recover the Holy Land.