Pean was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Poznan, Poland in the twelfth century. Poznan Diocese at GCatholic
Little is known about his life, career, or episcopacy. He is mentioned as the Chancellor of Prince Mieszko the Old in a document dated 2 March 1145, written by papal legate Cardinal Humbalda to the Abbey of Trzemesznie, near Gniezno.
Pean served as the Bishop of Poznan from 1146 till 1152, from 1146 until 1152, as recorded in the Annales Lubinensis.Annales Lubinensis w: Monumenta Poloniae Historica Pomniki dziejowe Polski. T. Annales Lubinensis in Monumenta Historica, p866 He is also mentioned in the records of the Liber Lubinensis fraternity, which confirm his role as a benefactor of the Abbey of Lubin.Stanisław Karwowski, Biskupi poznańscy z XII i początku XIII wieku [Bishop of Poznan 12th and early thirteenth century], Annals of the Association of Friends of Science, Poznan 1911, pp. 120-121Wojciech Kętrzyński: Studyja nad dokumentami XII wieku, Roczniki Akademii Umiejętności, Lwów 1891, p. 312.
Pean died on 16 April 1152.
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