Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski (2 December 1695 – 16 December 1758) was a priest (

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) in the

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. In his religious career he held the posts of

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and later

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(from 1723), bishop of Łuck (1736), Bishop of Chełmno (1739) and

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(1746). He was a supporter of the

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s in Poland. A member of the Polish nobility (

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) of the Junosza coat of arms, he also held the position of the Great Crown Chancellor from 1735 to 1746. As a politician he was engaged in the movement that wanted to reform the failing

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of the Commonwealth. He studied in Danzig and

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. Załuski was a corresponding member of Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis, the first learned society in Habsburg Austria. Along with his brother Józef Andrzej Załuski, the bishop of Kiev, he co-founded Załuski Library, one of the largest 18th-century collections of books in the world. He also sponsored the

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Pułtusk Pułtusk () is a town in Poland, by the river Narew. Located north of Warsaw in the Masovian Voivodeship, it has a population of 19,224 as of 2023. Known for its historic architecture and Europe's longest paved marketplace ( in length), it is a po ...

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* Piotr Nitecki, ''Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce w latach 965–1999'' (Church Bishops in Poland from 965 to 1999), Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa 2000

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Works by Andrzej Stanisław Załuski
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