Paweł Holszański

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Holszański's family coat-of-arms (Hipocentaur).
Holszański's family coat-of-arms (Hipocentaur).

Paweł Holszański (Lithuanian: Povilas Alšėniškis; ca. 1485 [1] - September 4, 1555, Vilnius [2]) was a notable Catholic church official[3] and the last male scion of the once-mighty Olshanski princely family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Born to Orthodox Prince Aleksander Holszański, the Castellan of Vilnius, and Zofia Sudymuntowiczówna[4], between 1507 and 1536 he served as Bishop of Łuck (modern Lutsk, Ukraine) and then between March 15, 1536, and his death as Bishop of Vilnius.

During his term as bishop, Holszański created several dozen new parishes in the Polish-Lithuanian borderlands. He was also responsible for convincing the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund II Augustus to expel [5] Stanislovas Rapalionis and Abraomas Kulvietis, two pioneers of Lutheranism in Lithuania.[6] He died in Vilnius on September 4, 1555.

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  1. ^ The date is uncertain and some sources cite 1486 or even 1436, the latter probably being an error
  2. ^ Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija. T-1 p.171
  3. ^ (French) Dmitry Tolstoy: Le catholicisme romain en Russie, pp.464-465
  4. ^ (Polish) Rita Regina Trimoniene: Polityka jagiellońska a kształtowanie się litewskiego narodu politycznego w końcu XV - I połowie XVI wieku
  5. ^ (Polish) Marceli Kosman: Protestanci i kontrreformacja: z dziejów tolerancji w Rzeczypospolitej XVI-XVIII wieku, p.51
  6. ^ A.Bumblauskas. Senosios Lietuvos istorija. 2005 p. 236-237
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