"Gilon of Toucy - Legates as an Instrument of Papal Power in Post-Gregorian Europe"
Around the year 1126, the papal legate Ides of Tusculum arrived in Poland. The envoy primarily focused on organizing the diocesan structure of Christianized Pomerania. He also established two new bishoprics in Lubusz and Włocławek, which, of course, involved the reorganization of certain Polish dioceses. During his legation, the papal envoy also confirmed the holdings of the Tyniec Monastery and may have participated in the consecration of the Kraków Cathedral. The legation of Ides of Tusculum will be presented in the context of other papal legations, which, from the 1060s onwards, became an extremely important instrument in the politics of the Holy See towards provincial churches.
