About Józef Andrzej Załuski
Lived 1702 – 1774 (aged 71). Józef Andrzej Załuski was a Polish librarian, historian, writer, diplomat, catholic priest and politician.
Józef Andrzej Załuski (12 January 17029 January 1774) was a Polish Catholic priest, Bishop of Kiev, a sponsor of learning and culture, and a renowned bibliophile. A member of the Polish nobility (szlachta), bearing the hereditary Junosza coat-of-arms, he is most famous as co-founder of the Załuski Library, one of the largest 18th-century book collections in the world.
Piotr Nitecki, Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce w latach 965–1999 (Church Bishops in Poland from 965–1999), Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa 2000
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Who was Józef Andrzej Załuski?
Polish bishop (1702-1774)
When was Józef Andrzej Załuski born?
Józef Andrzej Załuski was born on 12 January 1702 in Lutsk.
When did Józef Andrzej Załuski die?
Józef Andrzej Załuski died on 7 January 1774 in Kaluga.
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Józef Andrzej Załuski was a librarian, historian, writer, diplomat, catholic priest and politician.
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Józef Andrzej Załuski was Polish.
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