Johann V Thurzo

Jan Thurzo
Bishop of Wrocław
Church	Catholic
Diocese	Wrocław
In office	21 January 1506 – 2 August 1520
Predecessor	Johann Roth von Wemding
Successor	Jakub von Salza
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Wrocław
Personal details
Born	16 April 1464 (1464-04-16)[a] Kraków, Silesia
Died	2 August 1520(1520-08-02) (aged 56)
Parents	János Thurzó (father)
Education	Bachelor of Arts, 1484 Master's degree, 1487
Ordination history
History Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Stanislav I Thurzo Co-consecrators John Filipec, Heinrich von Fulstein Date 22 March 1506 Place Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Wrocław

Jan V Thurzo (Hungarian: Thurzó V. János; Polish: Jan V Turzo; 1464–1520[1][a]) was a 15th-century Bishop of Wrocław in Silesia, now Poland.[2] A great patron and lover of the arts and sciences, Martin Luther called him "the greatest bishop of the century".^[citation needed]

Jan was the son of János Thurzó a protestant, Zips Saxon Hungarian nobleman of the Thurzó family and mayor of Kraków, and his first wife, Ursula Bem. Jan gained a Bachelor of Arts in 1484 and a master's degree in 1487, and then studied canon law in Italy.

He was Dean of Wrocław Cathedral from March 1502 and Bishop of Wrocław from 1506 to 1520, while his brother Stanislav was Bishop of Olomouc. As bishop, Jan Thurzo was patron of artists, including Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach, and poets. He corresponded with Martin Luther on matters of theology and was involved in the founding of University of Wittenberg.[3][4]

See also

• List of bishops of Wrocław
• History of Wrocław

Notes

1. Catholic-Hierarchy.org reports that the year of his birth, 1464, as uncertain.[1]

References

1. "Bishop Jan Thurzó †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
2. "A Thousand Years of the Bishopric of Wroclaw". Papieski Wydział Teologiczny (Pontifical Faculty of Theology). Diocese of Wrocław. 2 May 1997. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
3. "The Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist". Dolnyslask Szlaki Kulturowe (Lower Silesian Cultural Routes). Archived from the original on 30 June 2016 – via szlakikulturowe.dolnyslask.pl.
4. Thausing, Moritz (1882). Albert Dürer: His Life and Work. Vol. 2. Kessinger Publishing. p. 8.

Further reading

• Kaczmarek, Romuald (2012). "Pieczęcie biskupa wrocławskiego Jana V Thurzona" [Seals of the Bishop of Wrocław Jan V Thurzon]. In Dáňová, Helena; Mezihoráková, Klára; Prix, Dalibor (eds.). Artem ad vitam. Kniha k poctě Ivo Hlobila [Artem ad vitam. A book in honour of Ivo Hlobil]. Prague: Artefactum. pp. 469–479.
• Markgraf, Hermann [pl]. "Johann V (Turzo), Bischof von Breslau" [John V (Turzo), Bishop of Breslau]. Alegemeine Deutsche Biographie [General German biography]. Vol. 14. pp. 188–189.
• Menzel, Josef Joachim (1974). "Johannes V. Turzo, Bischof von Breslau". Neue Deutsche Biographie [New German Biography] (in German). Vol. 10. Berlin. pp. 482–483.
• Szewczyk, Aleksandra (2009). Mecenat artystyczny biskupa wrocławskiego Jana V Thurzona (1506-1520) [Artistic patronage of the Bishop of Wrocław, Jan V Turzo] (in Polish). Wrocław. ISBN 9788374324915. OL 30761366M.
• Paulinyi, Oskar (1931). "Johann V. Thurzo, Bischof von Breslau" [Johann V Thurzo, Bishop of Breslau]. Schlesische Lebensbilder [Silesian Images of Life] (in German). Vol. 4. Breslau. pp. 1–5.

Religious titles
Preceded by Johann IV Roth	Bishop of Wrocław 1506–1520	Succeeded by Jakob of Salza