Andrzej Olszowski Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Andrzej Olszowski
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Gniezno
Enthroned:1674
Ended:1677
Consecration:8 August 1661
Coat Of Arms:POL COA Prus II.svg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Episcopal coat of arms of Archbishop Andrzej Olszowski,
Birth Date:27 January 1621
Birth Place:Olszowa
Death Place:Gdańsk
Nationality:Polish

Andrzej Olszowski (27 January 162129 August 1677)[1] was a political speaker and writer. He was bishop of Chełmno from 1661 until 1674, and was archbishop of Gniezno and the primate of Poland from 1674.

Olszowski was born in Olszowa. He was provost of the Poznań cathedral chapter (1657-1667) and a Crown Deputy Chancellors in 1666-1676.[2] He died in Gdańsk.

More important works and speeches

1. Latin: Memoriale nomine Sacra Regiae Majestatis Poloniae et Sueciae ad ... S. R. Imp. Electores, principes et ordines, no place of publication, 1658; ed. next: no place of publication, 1658 (with Dutch translation); no place of issue 1659; (Dutch translation: Dutch; Flemish: Aenspraecke, ende over-gegeven Memoriael, van weghen Sijne Kon. Majt. van Poolen, Sweeden ... aen de doorluchtige Heeren Keur-Fursten des H. Roomschen Rijcx, 1658 - with Latin text)

2. Latin: Censura candidatorum skeptri Polonici (several editions), other ed. 1669 (several editions (digital copy available)); transl. French pt. French: Censure ou discours politique, touchant les prétendants à la couronne de Pologne, 1669, ed. next: (1669), Cologne 1670; transl. Dutch Dutch; Flemish: Censura, of oordeel over de Trachters naar de kroon van Polen, 1669

3. Polish speeches from 1649-1676 and others, ed.: J. S. Pisarski, Polish: Mowca polski, vol. 2, Kalisz 1676; J. Daneykowicz Ostrowski, Polish and Latin swada, vol. 1, Lublin 1745

4.Latin Speeches from 1665-1674 and others, ed. J. C. Luenig, Latin: Orationes procerum Europae, Vol. 2, Leipzig 1713; some speeches then came out separately; see Estreicher XXIII, 341-348

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Notes and References

  1. Mikołaj Pukianiec, Organizacja i funkcjonowanie poznańskiej kapituły katedralnej w XVII wieku, s. 23.
  2. Rodzina, herbarz szlachty polskie, t. XII, Warszawa 1915, s. 331.