Gregory of Sanok left his home at age twelve and went to Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

, the Polish capital, in which German was the language of the city's urban patriciate. Gregory thus travelled to Germany to learn the language.

After his prolonged studies abroad, he returned and initially studied at University of Krakow serving as choirmaster during his student days. Gregory graduated in 1433, was appointed as tutor to the children of Jan Tarnowski, and journeyed with the family to Italy. He came to the attention of Pope Eugenius IV and studied in Florence. After his return to Poland in 1439 he was a professor of Graeco-Roman poetry and Italian literature at the University of Krakow. He became Archbishop of Lwów (Lviv)in 1451 and a pioneer of Polish Humanism

Humanism

Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. In philosophy and social science, humanism is a perspective which affirms some notion of human nature, and is contrasted with anti-humanism....

. He gathered groups of scholars and poets to his residence in Dunajow.

External links

• Museum of Sanok