Catalogue of the priors of the Dominican monastery in medieval Kraków : chronology and identification

The Dominican monastery in Kraków was the oldest and most important convent in the Polish province of the order, but its history has not yet been written. There is also no catalogue of the priors, although research into the prosopography and biography of the Polish Dominicans, especially of the order’s elite, is highly developed. The purpose of this article is to establish a list of the priors of the Kraków convent in the Middle Ages, from its foundation in 1222 to 1500. The source base included printed and manuscript sources, especially from the collections of the Archives of the Polish Dominican Province in Kraków, the Archives of the Metropolitan Curia in Kraków, and the National Archives in Kraków. The author also used the Słownik biograficzny polskich mendykantów w średniowieczu, t. 1: Dominikanie. Baza danych [Biographical Dictionary of Polish Mendicants in the Middle Ages, vol. I: Dominicans. Database] available online at: sop.dominikanie.pl. The catalogue focuses on the chronology of the cloisterauthorities and the basic identification of persons. It was possible to establish a list of 48 superiors, starting with St. Hyacinth of Poland and including provincials, inquisitors, theology teachers, regents of the Dominican studium generale and future auxiliary bishops. The task for the future will be to compile their full biographies and a collective portrait.

Artykuł zawiera katalog 48 przeorów klasztoru dominikanów w Krakowie w średniowieczu, od fundacji w 1222 roku do 1500 roku. Na podstawie źródeł wydanych i rękopiśmiennych przedstawiono zasadnicze problemy identyfikacji osób i chronologii rządów, włącznie z kwestiami niejasnymi i hipotezami, które będą wymagać weryfikacji w przyszłości.