Marcin Szlachciński (
''Latin'': ''Martinus Slachcinius''; born: 1511–1512) was a
Polish renaissance
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scholar;
Polish
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,
Latin
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and
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translator; poet; philosopher and professor at the
Jagiellonian University.
Personal life
Szlachciński was born in the village of
Szlachcin in the
Greater Poland as part of the
Polish Szlachta, and used the
Nowina coat of arms
Nowina () is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several '' szlachta'' families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The original clan consisted of only 24 families.
History
Nowina is one of the oldest Polish heraldic marks ...
. He studied at the
Jagiellonian University (also known as the Cracow Academy). He married a noble-born woman, Zofia Zberkowska of the
Wczele coat of arms
Wczele - is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
History
This coat of arms was passed down from the Silesian Bernard Pretficz ( Bernard Pretwicz, Pretwic). He w ...
.
Selected works
*''In Felicem Cracoviam Ingressvm Serenissimi Principis Ac Domini, Domini Sigismundi eius nominis Tertij, Dei gratia electi Poloniae, et Succiae designati regis, Magni ducis Lithuaniae, Russiae, Prussiae, Masouiae, etc. etc. Carmen gratulatorium'', print. 1587;
*''In Insignia Reuerendi et Excellentissimi viri Domini Thomae Rhacusani epigrammata'', print 1586.
See also
*
Jagiellonian University
*
Nowina coat of arms
Nowina () is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several '' szlachta'' families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The original clan consisted of only 24 families.
History
Nowina is one of the oldest Polish heraldic marks ...
References
1510s births
Year of death unknown
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