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Gniezno

American  
[gnyez-naw] / ˈgnyɛz nɔ /

noun

  1. a city in W central Poland, ENE of Posen: important in the early history of the country; 10th-century cathedral.


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“It is a moral obligation of every Christian to take steps to de-escalate a conflict, not to intensify it,” Polak wrote in a letter to his diocese of Gniezno.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2020

The archbishop of Gniezno, Wojciech Polak, and Stanislaw Gadecki, the archbishop of Poznan and president of Poland’s conference of bishops, refused to cooperate with the filmmakers.

From New York Times • May 17, 2019

Poland's Prince Mieszko I was baptized in Gniezno around the year 966, chroniclers say.

From US News • Apr. 14, 2016

The homeland of the late pope, St. John Paul II, celebrates the anniversary with great pomp this week with prayers at the 10th century Gothic Cathedral of Gniezno and a parliament session.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2016

Having received the nomination for the archbishopric of Gniezno, against the king's wish, he took possession of it by military force; for this act he was deprived of his rank.

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.