Jan Konarski (1447–1525) was a Polish nobleman who was Bishop of Kraków (1503–1524).
Konarski was born in 1447 to a family that claimed the Abdank heraldry.Niesiecki, K., Bobrowicz, J. N. (1840). Herbarz polski. Vol. 5. Poland: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe. p. 177 – via Google Books. Because he was a member of the petty nobility, he had to rely on regal connections in order to achieve political success.
In 1518, as Bishop of Kraków, Konarski founded a church in Kobylin dedicated to Saint Stanislaus. Elsewhere, he financed several other dedications to Saint Stanislaus including art, an altar, and a reliquary.Nowakowska, N. (2017). Church, State and Dynasty in Renaissance Poland: The Career of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468–1503). (ebook). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. Konarski also welcomed Queen Bona Sforza to Kraków during her coronation in 1518.Kosior, K. (2019). Becoming a Queen in Early Modern Europe: East and West. Germany: Springer International Publishing. p. 105. Later, during the Reformation, Konarski ordered the printing and distribution of Exsurge Domine, a papal bull that condemned Martin Luther's writings. He provided his own preface where he personally also warned of Martin Luther's new writings.Nowakowska, N. (2018). King Sigismund of Poland and Martin Luther: The Reformation Before Confessionalization. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 154.
Konarski's tomb is located within Wawel Cathedral.Kozakiewiczowa, H., Kozakiewicz, S. (1976). The Renaissance in Poland. Poland: Arkady. p. 34.
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