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Piotr Skarga

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Piotr Skarga

Vilnius | Lithuania

First name:

Piotr

Last Name:

Skarga

Parents:

Michał Skarga i Anna Świętek

Crest:

Pawęza

Date of birth:

02-02-1536

Place of birth:

Grójec

Date of death:

27-09-1612

Place od death:

Kraków

Age:

Profession:

writer, clergyman, Pastor, theologian

Biography:

Piotr Skarga (1536 - 1612) Polish Jesuit, theologian, writer and preacher, leading Polish representative of the Counter-Reformation, court preacher to Sigismund III Vasa, rector of the Jesuit College in Vilnius, first rector of Vilnius University. Servant of God, provost of the Lvov Cathedral Chapter in 1564, chancellor of the Lvov Cathedral Chapter. Author of Lives of Saints and Sermons of the Sejm.

Publikacja:

21.07.2023

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