page_title: Jan Kropidło
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Kropidło
context_page_description: Jan Kropidło, was an ecclesiastic leader in Poland during the late Middle Ages.
  Jan was the eldest son of Duke Bolko III of Strzelce and his wife Anna. Jan was titled Duke of Strzelce and Duke of Opole. His vocation, however, was the Roman Catholic Church, and Jan was appointed as Bishop of Poznań, Bishop of Włocławek, nominate Archbishop of Gniezno, Bishop of Kamień, Bishop of Chełmno, and again Bishop of Włocławek from 1402 until his death.
context_section_description: Jan Kropidło (1360 or 1364 – 3 March 1421), was an ecclesiastic leader in Poland during the late Middle Ages.
  Jan was the eldest son of Duke Bolko III of Strzelce and his wife Anna. Jan was titled Duke of Strzelce (1382–96, with his brothers) and Duke of Opole (from 1396, with his brothers but only formally). His vocation, however, was the Roman Catholic Church, and Jan was appointed as Bishop of Poznań (1382–84), Bishop of Włocławek (1384–89), nominate Archbishop of Gniezno (1389–94), Bishop of Kamień (1394–98), Bishop of Chełmno (Culm) (1398–1402), and again Bishop of Włocławek from 1402 until his death.
caption: Jan Kropidło, Archbishop of Gniezno, in a book illumination before 1535.
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