Arnošt of Pardubice (25.3.1297 - 30.6.1364)

Type:	clergy
Description:	According to available sources he was born on 25.3.1297 to the family of Arnošt of Hostýn. Following his studies of law and theology in Italy he returned to Bohemia and one year later became the capitular dean at St. Vitus in Prague. In 1344 he was named the Prague archbishop. In 1344 he laid the foundation stone for St. Vitus Cathedral and three years later conducted the ceremony for the coronation of Charles IV. He was involved in the founding of the first university in Prague – Charles University, and served as its first chancellor. Arnošt of Pardubice is regarded as the patron of the town of Pardubice. He began the construction of a castle in the town and in 1359 commissioned the building of the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Arnošt is commemorated in the 1940 marble relief by František Zuzka located in the presbytery of the Church of St. Bartholomew. Arnošt of Pardubice died 30.6.1364 at his chateau in Roudnice nad Labem and was buried in the Church of the Virgin Mary in Kladsko. He was an important personality in the Pardubice Region, and on the occasion of the 640th anniversary of his death on 23 September 2004 the auditorium of the University of Pardubice was name the “Arnošt of Pardubice Auditorium.”
More information available at Wikipedia:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno%C5%A1t_z_Pardubic
Related tourist points of interest:	Břevnov monastery - archabbey [1] Holy Mountain - place of pilgrimage and monastery [2] Prague Castle - castle grounds [3] Arnošt of Pardubice - Bronze relief - University of Pardubice [4]

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