Bogusław Radoszewski (c. 1577–1638) of

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was a Polish noble and

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priest. Born around 1577 at

Siemkowice Siemkowice is a village in Pajęczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Siemkowice. It lies approximately north-west of Pajęczno and south-west of the regional c ...

, he became the

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Święty Krzyż on

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, he was the Bishop of Kijów (

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) from 1619 to February 1633, and afterwards

Bishop of Łuck The Roman Catholic diocese of Lutsk was first established in the 13th century as the diocese of Luceoria (Latin) or Łuck (Polish). After the victory of Napoleon, the diocese was joined with the diocese of Zhytomyr, forming the diocese of Lutzk-Zh ...

''(Lutsk)''. He died in 1638. In Modliborzyce, he sponsored the construction of

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. Radoszewski obtained royal permission to colonize the area along the

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