Mikołaj II of Górka
Mikołaj of Kórnik (died 1382), was bishop of Poznań from 1375-1382. Biography His family were of the Łodzia coat of arms. He was a son of Mikołaj from Będlewo, nephew of the bishop of Poznań, Jan of the Łodzia coat of arms. He studied law in Italy, finishing his doctorate with decrees, which he obtained before 1365. After returning to Poland (between 9 July 1365 and 27 January 1368) he became a cantor in Poznań. He also related to the court of Bodzanta, Bodzanty, who appointed him the court judge, in 1359 a canon of Cracow, and in 1364 as the vicar of Bishop. In 1366, the Pope appointed him a canon of Gniezno, and in 1368 he received the provost of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kraków. He was also a papal sub-collector, and from 1365 or 1366 to 1372 he was the office of the Chancellor of Greater Poland. Thanks to this last office, he established close relations with the court of King Ludwik Węgierski, which allowed him to remove political opponents, the most powerful of which was the Crown Deputy Chancellor Jan of Czarnków. Probably Nicholas contributed to accusing him of profaning the tomb of Casimir the