Marcin Kromer

Marcin Kromer
Bishop of Warmia
Installed1579
Term ended1589
PredecessorStanislaus Hosius
SuccessorAndrew Báthory
Personal details
Born11 November 1512
Biecz, Kingdom of Poland
Died23 March 1589 (1589-03-24) (aged 76)
Lidzbark Warmiński, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Coat of arms

Marcin Kromer (Latin: Martinus Cromerus; 11 November 1512 – 23 March 1589) was Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), a Polish cartographer, diplomat and historian in the Kingdom of Poland and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a personal secretary to two Kings of Poland, Sigismund I the Old and Sigismund II Augustus.

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