Stanisław Lubieniecki (german: link=no, Stanislaus de Lubienietz, also ''Lubiniezky'' or ''Lubyenyetsky'') (August 23, 1623 in Raków – May 18, 1675 in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

) was a Polish

Socinian Socinianism () is a nontrinitarian belief system deemed heretical by the Catholic Church and other Christian traditions. Named after the Italian theologians Lelio Sozzini (Latin: Laelius Socinus) and Fausto Sozzini (Latin: Faustus Socinus), uncle ...

theologist, historian, astronomer, and writer. He is the

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of the

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Lubiniezky.

Family

He was born into an aristocratic family closely linked with

Socinianism Socinianism () is a nontrinitarian belief system deemed heretical by the Catholic Church and other Christian traditions. Named after the Italian theologians Lelio Sozzini (Latin: Laelius Socinus) and Fausto Sozzini (Latin: Faustus Socinus), uncle ...

: :Father: Krzysztof Lubieniecki (1598–1648) Arian minister :Son: Teodor Bogdan Lubieniecki (1654 – c. 1718) painter, graphic artist :Son: Krzysztof Lubieniecki (1659–1729) painter, engraver :Grandfather: Krzysztof Lubieniecki (1561–1624) Arian writer :Uncle: Andrzej Lubieniecki Jr. (1590–1667) historian :Grandfather's brother: Stanisław Lubieniecki (1558–1633) Arian theologian :Grandfather's brother: Andrzej Lubieniecki (c. 1551 – 1623) Arian writer – author of ''Poloneutychia'' :Uncle: Florian Morsztyn (c. 1530 – 1587) :Uncle: Mikołaj Przypkowski (c. 1570 – 1672) :Uncle: Joachim Rupniowski (died 1641) Arian minister

Life

From 1646 to 1650, Stanislaus studied at the

Racovian Academy The Racovian Academy ('' la, Gymnasium Bonarum Artium'') was a Socinian school operated from 1602 to 1638 by the Polish Brethren in Raków, Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland. The communitarian Arian settlement of Raków was founded in 1569 b ...

. His

hometown Raków,

Sandomierz Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo Sandomierskie, la, Palatinatus Sandomirensis) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Lesser Poland ...

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, was founded about a hundred years earlier and had about 15,000 inhabitants. A decree by the Polish

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

of 1639 forbade religions other than Catholicism (

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). The inhabitants of his hometown were expelled and their homes destroyed and by 1700 only 700 people remained. Stanislaus then went to study in France and the

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, he came to live in Hamburg where he met considerable resistance from the Lutheran clergy. Lubieniecki and his two daughters Catherine Salomea and Griselda Constance, died of mercury poisoning, probably as the result of a mistake by a domestic servant. His wife survived.

Works

* published posthumously by

Benedykt Wiszowaty Benedykt Wiszowaty (c.1650 – after 1704 Kosinowo) was a Polish Socinian, nobleman, author and publisher. After the Sejm expelled the Socinians from Poland, he left the country with his father. From 1666, they lived in Amsterdam, where he condu ...

* Is an illustrated anthology of 415 comets from the biblical epoch of the deluge up until 1665.

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Stanislaus Lubienietzki de Lubienietz (1623–1675) Pools theoloog en sterrenkundige
1623 births 1675 deaths Polish male writers Writers from Hamburg Polish Unitarians People from Kielce County {{Poland-historian-stub