Sarcophagus of a Prominent Bishop Found in Olomouc; He Pushed Through Fundamental Reforms in the 16th Century

The underground of the Olomouc Cathedral of St. Wenceslas has yielded surprising evidence. Researchers have discovered the remains of Romanesque masonry and a tomb with two luxurious tin sarcophagi. One of them hid the remains of the Olomouc bishop Stanislav Pavlovský (1579 to 1598), who advocated for the re-Catholicization of the church and introduced the Gregorian calendar in Moravia. Experts thought that his coffin had been filled with concre…