Anton Nicolai Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Anton Nicolai
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno
Titular Bishop of Athyra
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Gniezno
Term:1469–1474
Consecration:5 August 1470
Consecrated By:Bishop Giacomo
Death Date:1474
Death Place:Gniezno, Poland

Anton Nicolai (died 1474) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Athyra (1469 - 1474) and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (1469 - 1474).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Anton Nicolai was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 23 June 1469, was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul II as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno and Titular Bishop of Athyra. On 5 August 1470, he was consecrated bishop by Bishop Giacomo, Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, with Antonio Cicco da Pontecorvo, Bishop of Caserta, and Barthelemy Uggeri, Bishop of Brugnato, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno until his death in 1474.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnicolan.html "Bishop Anton Nicolai, O.F.M."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgnie.html "Archdiocese of Gniezno"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/gnie0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno"