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Jan Małachowski
Bishop of Krakow
Previous post(s)Bishop of Chełmno
Personal details
Born1623
Died1699
BuriedWawel Cathedral
DenominationCatholic

Jan Małachowski (1623-1699) was Bishop of Chełmno (1676-1681), Bishop of Kraków (1681-1699), and Vice-Chancellor to the Crown.[1]

Life

Małachowski spent his early years serving in the military under Stanisław Rewera Potocki. He was married, but when his wife died, he joined the clergy.[2]

In the 1680s, Małachowski was active in Bodzentyn, organizing a popular mission there.[3]

In 1695, Małachowski founded a church and convent for the Visitation Sisters in Kraków.[4] The Order of the Visitation had been previously brought to Warsaw from France by Queen Louise.

Małachowski is known to have collected large tapestries, some of which he donated to the cathedral in Kraków.[5]

Małachowski was buried in the crypt underneath the cathedral in Kraków.[6]

Legacy

The cathedral in Kraków contains a memorial to Małachowski that features a bronze bust. The memorial is near the altar of St. Stanislaus.[6]

References

  1. ^ Watanabe-O'Kelly, H. (2010). Europa Triumphans: Court and Civic Festivals in Early Modern Europe. United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing, Limited. p. 460.
  2. ^ Buliński, M. (1874). Historya Kościoła polskiego: Przez x. Melchiora Bulińskiego. Poland: Nowolecki. p. 233.
  3. ^ Mezzadri, Luigi; Onnis, Francesca (2012). The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission. Vol. 6. New City Press.
  4. ^ DK Eyewitness Krakow: 2020. (2020). United States: DK Publishing.
  5. ^ Wyspiański, S. (2017). Acropolis: The Wawel Plays. United Kingdom: Glagoslav Publications B.V. (N). p. glossary.
  6. ^ a b Czyżewski, Krzysztof J., and Marek Walczak. “The Monuments with Portrait Busts of the Bishops of Cracow: On the History of the Reception of Roman Baroque Models of Sepulchral Art in Poland (Bernini – Algardi – Rossi).” Artibus et Historiae, vol. 36, no. 71, 2015, pp. 181–223.