Konstanty Kazimierz Brzostowski (1644–1722) was a

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of the

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, and papal

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. He was Grand Secretary of Lithuania from 1671, and shortly thereafter was Grand Writer of Lithuania. He was

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from 1685 to 1687 and

bishop of Vilnius Bishops of Vilnius (Vilna, Wilna, Wilno) diocese from 1388 and archdiocese (archdiocese of Vilnius) from 1925:

from 1687. Konstanty studied at the Wilno ecclesiastical seminary and in Rome (1657-1659).Varvounis, M., 2012, Jan Sobieski, Xlibris, He became a member of the Wilno Chapter in 1669. In 1689, Konstanty was one of the judges who sentenced

Kazimierz Łyszczyński Kazimierz Łyszczyński (; 4 March 1634 – 30 March 1689), also known in English as Casimir Liszinski, was a Polish nobleman, philosopher, and soldier in the ranks of the Sapieha family, who was accused, tried, and executed for atheism in 1689 ...

to death for

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. Brzostowski was a political opponent of the

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family and

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the

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Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger Kazimierz Jan Paweł Sapieha (; 1637–1720) was a Grand Hetman of Lithuania commencing in 1682. He held the title of a Duke starting in 1700. In 1681, he became Field Hetman of Lithuania, the following year he also became the voivode of Vilnius. ...

in 1694 and again in 1709. He unsuccessfully tried to make

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adopt more tolerant policies towards the followers of

Union of Brest The Union of Brest (; ; ; ) was the 1595–96 decision of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church eparchies (dioceses) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to break relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church and to enter into communion with, and place i ...

. Konstanty Brzostowski was known as "the quarrelsome bishop".

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Bishop Konstanty Kazimierz Brzostowski
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brzostowski, Konstanty Kazimierz 1644 births 1722 deaths Bishops of Vilnius Bishops of Smolensk Abbots of Mogiła 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth