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'''Arnošt of Pardubice''' ({{langx|cs|Arnošt z Pardubic}}, {{langx|de|Ernst von Pardubitz}}; 25 March 1297 – 30 June 1364) was the first [[List of bishops and archbishops of Prague|Archbishop of Prague]] (and the last bishop). He was also an advisor and diplomat to Emperor [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]].

==Life==
Arnošt of Pardubice was probably born in Hostinka (today part of [[Vestec (Náchod District)|Vestec]]), but possibly also in [[Kłodzko]]. He was the eldest son of Knight Arnošt of Hostinka, and spent his childhood in Kłodzko.

Arnošt inherited the town of [[Pardubice]] in 1340. He was confirmed bishop of Prague on 11 March 1343 (3 March 1343 [[Julian calendar|O.S.]]), and was commissioned the first Archbishop of Prague on 8 May 1344 (30 April 1344 O.S.).<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Eubel|editor-first1=Konrad|editor-last2=van Gulik|editor-first2=Wilhelm|editor-last3=Ehses|editor-first3=Stefan|editor-last4=Gaucaht|editor-first4=Patrick|editor-last5=Ritzler|editor-first5=Remigius|title=Hierarchia Catholica Medii Eevi, Sive Summorum Pontificum, S.R.E. Cardinalium, Ecclesiarum Antistitum. Series ab Anno 1198 Usque ad Annum 1431|location=Regensberg, Switzerland|publisher=Monasterii Sumptibus et Typis Librariae Regensbergianae|date=1898|page=429|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KW0zAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> He ordered the monks to contribute to the newly founded [[Charles University]] (14th century), hence enhancing the quality of the education in the institution.

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=Boehm, Barbara Drake|display-authors=etal| title=''Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347–1437'' |url=http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15324coll10/id/218200| location=New York | publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art | year=2005 | isbn=1588391612}}
* Jaroslav Polc: ''Ernst vom Pardubitz''. In: Ferdinand Seibt, ''Lebensbilder zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder'', Bd. 3, 1978
* ''Arnestus von Pardubitz''. Grafschaft Glatzer Buchring, Band 35
* Franz Albert: ''Das Testament des Erzbischofs Ernst von Pardubitz'' In: Glatzer Heimatblätter 1928, pp. 81–86
* [[Georg Dehio|Dehio]]-Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler in Polen ''Schlesien'', [[Deutscher Kunstverlag]] 2005, {{ISBN|3-422-03109-X}}
* Zdeňka Hledíková: ''Arnošt z Pardubic'', Vyšehrad 2008, {{ISBN|978-80-7021-911-9}}, pp. 13, 17–19
* Zdeňka Hledíková: ''Kirche und König zur Zeit der Luxemburger''. In: ''Bohemia Sacra''. Düsseldorf 1974, pp. 307–314
* Zdeňka Hledíková, Jana Zachová: ''Život Arnošta z Pardubic podle Valentina Krautwalda'', Pardubice 1997, {{ISBN|80-86046-25-7}}
* Vilém z Hasenburka: ''Vita venerabilis Arnesti primi archiepiscopi ecclesie Pragensis / Život ctihodného Arnošta, prvniho arcibiskupa kostele pražskeho'' (in Latin and Czech), Česká křesťanská akademie, Prague 1994, {{ISBN|80-85795-12-4}}
* V Chaloupecký: ''Arnošt z Pardubic, první arcibiskup pražský'', Prague 1946
* J. K. Vyskočil, ''Arnošt z Pardubic a jeho doba'', Prague 1947

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12338a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: ''The first archbishop was St. Ernst of Pardubitz, the advisor of Charles IV in his great undertakings'']
*{{BBKL|p/Pardubitz|band=6|autor= Martin Luchterhandt|artikel=Pardubitz, Ernst von|spalten=1529-1530}}
*{{BBKL|e/ernst_v_p|band=16|autor= Ekkart Sauser|artikel=Ernst von Pardubitz|spalten=463-464}}

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