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Mikołaj Łęczycki (
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: Niesobia), in Latin Nicolaus Lancicius (December 10, 1574 – March 30, 1653) was a Polish
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, Catholic
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, writer and mystic.


Life

Łęczycki was born near
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, the son of a
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Daniel of
Łęczyca Łęczyca (; in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, ; ; ) is a town of inhabitants in central Poland. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the Łęczyca County. Łęczyca is a capital of the historical Łęczyca Land. Or ...
and Katarzyna Gotart. At the age of 18, Łęczycki converted from
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to
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, and persuaded his father to do it as well. On February 17, 1592, he entered the
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. He spent several years in
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, where he was studying and working with
Niccolò Orlandini Niccolò Orlandini (April 10, 1553 – May 17, 1606) was an Italian Jesuit author. Biography He was born at Florence in 1553. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in November 7, 1572, became rector of the Jesuit college at Nola and was master of no ...
in the congregation's central archive to compile the history of Jesuits. During the stay, he received the
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on April 14, 1601. Łęczycki returned to
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in 1607, bringing many
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s for Jesuit churches. He was a professor at the
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and
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college, the rector in
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and
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, then he was working in
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,
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, and what is now the
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. He was serving as a provincial for
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and visited Rome several times. He was commonly considered a master of the spiritual life and a worker of miracles such as revelation, prophecy, healing,
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and
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. He died in
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.


Writings

He was the author of many
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writings, published together by
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in two volumes as ''Opuscula spiritualia'' (
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1650) and separately many times all over Europe. The most important are: * ''De piis erga Deum et coelites affectibus'' – a diary, with several editions under various titles and in translations to Polish, English, French, German and Czech * ''Florilegium piarum meditationum'' (
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1713) * ''Insignis conversio Mariae Bonaventurae monialis Romanae'' * ''De officiis sacerdotum'' * ''De conditionibus boni superioris'' * ''Dissertatio historica et theologica de praestantia Instituti Societatis Jesu'' * ''De recta traducenda adolescentia'' * ''De exteriore corporis compositione'' * ''De humanarum passionum dominio'' * ''Medytacje nowym i doskonałym sposobem na każdy dzień roku rozłożone i na święta znamienitsze'' (
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1723) * ''Koło rycerskie rocznego obrotu'' (
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1727)


See also

*
Kasper Drużbicki Kasper Drużbicki or Gaspar Druzbicius (born probably in Drużbice in Ziemia Sieradzka in Poland, 1589; entered the Society of Jesus, 20 August 1609; died at Poznań, 2 April 1662) was a Polish Jesuit and ascetic writer. Life A nobleman (Nał ...
*
Daniel Pawłowski Daniel Pawłowski (coat of arms Jastrzębiec coat of arms, Jastrzębiec) (24 December 1627, in Volhynia – 21 August 1673, in Rawa Mazowiecka) was a Polish Jesuit, theological writer. Born in a Ruthenian family. He converted to Roman cathol ...
* Tomasz Młodzianowski *
Jan Morawski Jan Morawski (born 29 December 1633 – 24 June 1700 in Poznań) was a Jesuit, theological writer. Life He was of yeomanry (''drobna szlachta'') descent. His parents were perhaps Marcin and Katarzyna Godlewska. Jan entered the order on 9 Novemb ...


References

* Bronisław Natoński, ''Mikołaj Łęczycki'', in ''
Polski Słownik Biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...
'', vol. XVIII, Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków-Gdańsk 1973, p. 347-350 * Ludwik Grzebień, ''Mikołaj Łęczycki'', in ''Słownik polskich teologów katolickich'', vol. II: do 1918, H-Ł, Akademia Teologii Katolickiej, Warszawa 1982, p. 560-566 * Aleksandra Witkowska, Joanna Nastalska, ''Staropolskie piśmiennictwo hagiograficzne'', vol. I: ''Słownik hagiografów polskich'', Wydawnictwo Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II, Lublin 2007, p. 139-142


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Works by Mikołaj Łęczycki
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1574 births 1653 deaths 17th-century writers in Latin Polish nobility 17th-century Polish Jesuits Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Academic staff of Vilnius University Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism 17th-century Polish philosophers 17th-century Polish male writers 16th-century Polish Jesuits {{RC-bio-stub