Sigismund I the Old
Maciej Miechowita (also known as "Maciej z Miechowa, Maciej of Miechów, Maciej Karpiga, Matthias de Miechow"; 1457 – 8 September 1523) was a Polish renaissance scholar, professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, chronicler, geographer, medical doctor (royal physician of king Sigismund I the Old of Poland), alchemist, astrologer and canon in Kraków.