Marcin Wadowita (; 1567 – 27 January 1641) also known as Wadovius or Campius, was a Polish priest,

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, and the Deputy Chancellor of Jagiellonian University in Cracow; under his tenure the university is said to have prospered. He was born in

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, where he later funded several buildings. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and abroad – in

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Publications

He wrote and published in Crakow ten Latin theological treatises: #"Qvaestio De Incarnatione" (Treatise on the Incarnation), 1603 #"Qvaestio De Christi Merito" (Treatise on the Merits of Christ"), 1604; #"Qvaestio De Divina Volvntate Et Radice Continentiae" (Treatise on the Divine Will and the Root of Continence"), 1608;" #Qvaestio De Hypostasi Aeternae, Foelicitatis, Primoqve Medio Salvtis, Interno Actv Fidei "(Treatise on the First Way of Eternal Union, Happiness, and Salvation: The Internal Act of Faith"), 1616; #"Disputatio theologica" (Theological Reflections), 1620, #"Qvaestio merito de Christi Domini" (Treatise on the Merits of Christ the Lord), 1620; #"Disputatio de evidentia misterii" (Reflections on Proof of the Mystery), 1622; #Eucharistiae Sacramento (Treatise of divine sacrament of the Eucharist), 1622, #"Qvaestio De Invenienda, Cognoscenda, discernenda vera Christi Ecclesia in Terris" (Treatise on the obligation search of knowledge, distinguishing the true Church of Christ on earth), 1636; #"Qvaestio De Visione Beata" (Treatise on the Beatific Vision), 1638Estreicher," American Bibliography ", 1938, vol 32

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1567 births 1641 deaths People from Wadowice Jagiellonian University alumni 16th-century Polish nobility Polish Roman Catholic theologians Polish Roman Catholic priests Academic staff of Jagiellonian University 17th-century Polish nobility {{Poland-noble-stub