Nanker

Supporter of King Ladislaus I the Short and archbishop and primate of Poland Jakub Świnka, he initiated the construction of the Wawel Cathedral.

Jan Kołda was born in around 1270 in Kamień, a Polish garrison at Rozbark silver mines at the eastern border of the Duchy of Bytom.

[1] In 1304 he was Archdeacon of Sandomierz From 1305-1307 studied, Canon law at the University in Bologna, Italy which was a centre of legal scholarship.

As Bishop of Krakow he set out the diocesan statutes, and initiated the construction of the Gothic Cathedral on the Wawel Hill.

In 1952, the beatification process for Nanker was resumed and he is well known in Polish popular culture thanks to the movie "Casimir the Great" in which his role was played by Tadeusz Fijewski.

Seal of Nanker with his likeness, 14th century
The excommunication of John of Bohemia by Nanker. Bas-relief in the Cathedral of Wroclaw