What is Gregor Baci?
{{Infobox person | name = Gregor Baci | image = Portrait of Gregor Baci.jpg | caption = Portrait by an unknown German painter, {{circa}} 1550 | native_name = Gergely Paksy | native_name_lang = hu | birth_date = 16th century | birth_place = [[Kingdom of Hungary]] | death_date = 16th century | death_place = [[Kingdom of Hungary]] | occupation = [[Knight]] }} '''Gregor Baci''' ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: Gergely Paksy)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paksy Gergely|url=http://www.npg.hu/index.php/component/jcollection/item/771-paksy-gergelyp|access-date=28 September 2023|language=Spanish|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212003253/http://www.npg.hu/index.php/component/jcollection/item/771-paksy-gergelyp|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] [[Nobility|nobleman]] from the 16th century, known for a severe head injury he sustained during a joust or battle with the [[Ottoman Empire]]. According to the traditional account, he miraculously survived this injury for a year. This story has been passed down through a portrait painted by an unknown German painter. As of February 2022, the portrait was on display in the Chamber of Art and Curiosities at Ambras Castle in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Impaled head|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60294-4/fulltext|access-date=4 October 2023|website=[[The Lancet]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Getting Your Head Impaled Won't Kill You|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/getting-your-head-impaled-won-t-kill-you/339746/|access-date=4 October 2023|website=The Atlantic}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}}{{Bio-stub}} [[Category:Pages created with the Article Wizard from 2023]] [[Category:16th-century births]] [[Category:16th-century deaths]] [[Category:Hungarian nobility]]