Der hl. Gunther von Thüringen

Professor Petr Kubín studied history, Catholic theology (PhD), archival sciences and historical auxiliary sciences (PhD) in Prague, Eichstätt and Jena. He completed his habilitation in 2012 with a thesis on St Gunther. He was Professor of Ancillary Historical Sciences and holds the Chair of Church History and Literary History at the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University, of which he is a member. He was also repeatedly vice dean for international relations and vice dean for science at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Prague. Petr Kubín is an internationally recognised researcher in the fields of medieval hagiography, the life and cult of saints and medieval liturgy.