Johannes Dantiscus

Johannes Dantiscus (born November 1, 1485, Gdańsk, Poland—died October 27, 1548, Lidzbark Warmiński) was a Polish poet and diplomat who was among the first representatives in Poland of Renaissance humanism. Dantiscus wrote, in Latin, incidental verse, love poetry, and panegyrics (formal speeches of praise).

A courtier to the Polish king Sigismund I, Dantiscus accompanied the king to Vienna in 1515. In 1516 the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I granted him a certificate of nobility, two doctoral law degrees, and a laurel in poetry. Later in life Dantiscus joined the Roman Catholic church, becoming bishop of Chełmo (1530–37) and then of Warmia (1537).