About Jan Dymitr Solikowski
Lived 1539 – 1603 (aged 63–64). Jan Dymitr Solikowski was a Polish diplomat, catholic priest, poet, catholic bishop and archbishop.
Jan Dymitr Solikowski (1539, in Sieradz – 27 June 1603, in Lwów, Poland) was a Polish writer, diplomat, Archbishop of Lwów.
He was since 1564 secretary of King Zygmunt II August. He participated in the rebuild of structures of the church in Polish Livonia, after the wars of King Stefan Batory. In 1583 he became Archbishop of Lwów. He was co-author of the Union of Brest. He was author of several political and historical works. In his History of Poland (1647), Solikowski looked upon the ethnic Armenian minority with suspicion and portrayed them as wealthy merchants who had close ties to the Ottomans.
Works Ziemianin (1565) Apocalipsis (1580)
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Who was Jan Dymitr Solikowski?
Polish archbishop
When was Jan Dymitr Solikowski born?
Jan Dymitr Solikowski was born in 1539 in Sieradz.
When did Jan Dymitr Solikowski die?
Jan Dymitr Solikowski died on 27 June 1603 in Lviv.
What was Jan Dymitr Solikowski's occupation?
Jan Dymitr Solikowski was a diplomat, catholic priest, poet, catholic bishop and archbishop.
What nationality was Jan Dymitr Solikowski?
Jan Dymitr Solikowski was Polish.
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