However, 23 - year - old Nicolaus wanted to quench his thirst for knowledge and convinced his uncle to let him study canon law, medicine, and mathematics at the Italian universities of Bologna and Padua.
Ent 23 - aastane Mikołaj ihkas kustutada oma teadmisjanu ning veenis onu, et see lubaks tal Itaalias Bologna ja Padova ülikoolis kirikuõigust, meditsiini ja matemaatikat õppida.