Mikołaj Święcicki of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms (bron ca. 1640 in Święcice, died 27 November 1707 in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

) was from 1697, the Bishop of Kiev, from 1699, the Bishop of Poznań, the chancellor of the Poznań cathedral chapter in 1674–1679, the dean of the Poznań cathedral chapter in 1679-1701 scholastic of the collegiate chapter of Saint. John the Baptist in Warsaw, an official and vicar general in Mazovia in 1684.

Curriculum vitae

Election of Stanisław Leszczyński in 1704. He was a clerical deputy of the Poznań chapter for the Crown Tribunal in 1676 and 1678. In 1704, he was an

interrex The interrex (plural interreges) was an extraordinary magistrate during the Roman Kingdom and Republic. Initially, the interrex was appointed after the death of the king of Rome until the election of his successor, hence its name—a ruler "betwee ...

in the substitution of Archbishop Michał Stefan Radziejowski (deprived of jurisdiction by Pope Clement XI), a grand referendary from 1689, and the abbot of Trójceszyn. He was a member of the

Warsaw Confederation The Warsaw Confederation, also called the Compact of Warsaw, was a political-legal act signed in Warsaw on 28 January 1573 by the first Convocation Sejm (''Sejm konwokacyjny'') held in the Polish Commonwealth. Convened and deliberating as a co ...

in 1704. A supporter of

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (Stanisław Bogusław; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duk ...

's choice as the

King of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of Royal elections in Poland, free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electab ...

. Despite the opposition of the Pope, he proclaimed his candidate as King. For this act, on the orders of August II, Sasa was captured and sent back to

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. There, on the order of Pope

Clement XI Pope Clement XI (; ; ; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI was a patron of the arts an ...

, he was imprisoned in

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, where he spent two and a half years. He died in

when he was on his way back to Poland.Janusz Tazbir, Historia kościoła katolickiego w Polsce 1460-1795., (Warszawa 1966), p.149

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References

*Polski słownik biograficzny. Vol. 51. 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swiecicki, Mikolaj Bishops of Kyiv Year of birth unknown 17th-century births 1707 deaths 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth