Wincenty of Kielcza

Wincenty of Kielcza (c. 1200 – after 1262) was a Polish canon, poet, and composer, working in Kraków and writing in Latin. He was a member of the Dominican Order.

Wincenty of Kielcza

Most likely born in the village of Kielcza, he is best known for his hymn "Gaude Mater Polonia". Wincenty also wrote a shorter and a longer life of Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów for his canonization.[1]

References

Nora Berend; Przemysław Urbańczyk; Przemysław Wiszewski (2013). Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, c.900–c. 1300. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-521-78156-5. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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[first-1] Nora Berend; Przemysław Urbańczyk; Przemysław Wiszewski (2013). Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, c.900–c. 1300. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-521-78156-5. Retrieved 13 October 2015.