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Piotr Skarga

1536 – 1612

Polish writer

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About Piotr Skarga

Lived 1536 – 1612 (aged 76). Piotr Skarga was a Polish catholic priest, writer, hagiographer, preacher, missionary and catholic theologian.

Piotr Skarga (less often Piotr Powęski, incorrectly: Pawęski;), and immorality. The Lutheran Church in Poland called the decision to commemorate Skarga "disturbing" and not understandable in the realm of separation of church and state"

He is patron of Stowarzyszenie Kultury Chrześcijańskiej im. ks. Piotra Skargi.

Writings Pro Sacratissima Eucharistia contra haeresim Zwinglianam, ad Andream Volanum (For the Most Sacred Eucharist, against the Zwinglian Heresy, 1576) Lives of the Saints (Żywoty świętych, 1579, eight editions in his lifetime). Artes duodecim Sacramentariorum, sive Zwinglio-calvinistarum (Siedem filarów, na których stoi katolicka nauka o Przenajświętszym Sakramencie Ołtarza, llThe Seven Pillars on Which Stands Catholic Doctrine on the Most Sacred Sacrament of the Altarll, 1582) Sejm Sermons (Kazania sejmowe, 1597, published posthumously). Soldiers' Devotions (Żołnierskie nabożeństwo, 1606). Wzywanie do jednej zbawiennej wiary (A Call for One Redeeming Faith, 1611)

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Jagiellonian University
Positions held
Court preacher
Employers
Vilnius University, Jesuit College in Polotsk

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Piotr Skarga's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Piotr Skarga?

Polish writer (1536-1612)

When was Piotr Skarga born?

Piotr Skarga was born on 2 February 1536 in Grójec.

When did Piotr Skarga die?

Piotr Skarga died on 12 September 1612 in Kraków.

What was Piotr Skarga's occupation?

Piotr Skarga was a catholic priest, writer, hagiographer, preacher, missionary and catholic theologian.

What nationality was Piotr Skarga?

Piotr Skarga was Polish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Piotr Skarga

· Wikidata: Q712463

· DBpedia: Piotr Skarga

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