Jan Prandota was bishop of Kraków from 1242 to his death in 1266.

Prandota is recorded as having driven the Flagellant

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s from his diocese, and was influential in achieving the canonization

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Canonization is the act by which a Christian church declares a deceased person to be a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints. Originally, individuals were recognized as saints without any formal process...

 of Stanislaus of Szczepanów

Stanislaus of Szczepanów

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, whose relics he translated

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 to Wawel Cathedral

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The Wawel Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Stanisław and Vaclav, is a church located on Wawel Hill in Kraków–Poland's national sanctuary. It has a 1,000-year history and was the traditional coronation site of Polish monarchs. It is the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Kraków...

 in 1245.

As part of an attempt in the 15th century by Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki to expand the cult of Saint Stanislaus, the tomb of Prandota was "miraculously and conveniently rediscovered" in Wawel Cathedral in 1454, lists of Prandota's miracles were recorded, and pilgrimages to the newly discovered burial site were encouraged. This veneration ceased in the 17th century, due to what the Catholic Encyclopedia

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called a misinterpretation of the 1634 bull

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 De cultu servorum Dei of Urban VIII

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