Vincentius

Vincent of Prague ( 1140–1170) was a Czech priest and chronicler. He was a canon and notary of Prague Cathedral. His Annals cover the reign of Vladislav II of Bohemia from his accession in 1140 until 1167.

Vincent was in the entourage of Bishop Daniel of Prague between 1154 and 1160. He was thus an eyewitness to many important events in the Holy Roman Empire. He took part with Daniel and Vladislav in Emperor Frederick I's campaign in Italy in 1158.

Vincent's Annals is a strictly chronological account of Vladislav's reign down to 1167, when it abruptly stops. The Italian campaign of 1158 takes up over a third of the work.

Works Annals Annales Bohemorum Vincentii Pragensis, ed. Josef Emler. Fontes rerum Bohemicarum, 2. Prague, 1874, pp. 407–460. Vincentii Pragensis Annales, ed. Wilhelm Wattenbach. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores 17. Hanover, 1861, pp. 658–683.