caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date alt image article_title name occupation
title -lrb- `` polish herbal '' -rrb- page of marcin 's '' herbarz polski '' june 22 , 1573 sandomierz , poland urzędów , poland ca. 1500 -- 1502 title -lrb- `` polish herbal '' -rrb- page of marcin 's '' herbarz polski '' herbarz polski.jpg marcin of urzędów
 marcin z urzędowa priest , physician , pharmacist , botanist
marcin of urzędów

marcin of urzędów -lrb- , ; ca. 1500 -- 1573 -rrb- was a polish roman catholic priest , physician , pharmacist and botanist known especially for his `` herbarz polski '' -lrb- `` polish herbal '' -rrb- .
marcin , son of szymon , was born ca. 1500-1502 in urzędów , lublin voivodeship , poland .
from 1517 to 1525 , he studied at the jagiellonian university in kraków .
after graduation , he stayed at the university as a lecturer in physics , mathematics , logic and philosophy .
he became the head of the university 's `` collegium minus '' -lrb- minor college -rrb- in 1529 and was named dean in 1533 , the same year when he was ordained priest .
between 1533 and 1535 , he continued his studies at the university of padua in italy where he achieved the degree of doctor of medicine .
he later traveled to venice , switzerland and hungary .
upon his return to poland , he was given a prebendary in sandomierz .
marcin became a pastor at urzędów parish in 1544 and additionally at another parish in nearby modliborzyce in 1546 .
in 1563 , he became a canon at the cathedral of the nativity of the blessed virgin mary in sandomierz .
marcin ran the holy spirit hospital in sandomierz and , until 1561 , worked as hetman jan tarnowski 's court physician .
between 1542 and 1557 , he was writing his two-volume `` opus magnum '' whose full title is `` herbarz polski , to iest o przyrodzeniu zioł y drzew rozmaitych , y innych rzeczy do lekarztw należących '' -lrb- `` polish herbal , or of the complexion of various herbs and trees , and other things of which medicines comprise '' -rrb- .
marcin of urzędów died on june 22 , 1573 in sandomierz where he was buried .
the `` polish herbal '' was published in 1595 , i.e. 22 years after its author 's death .
