Piotr Blastus Kmita (died ca. 1632) was a Polish-Lithuanian

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

printer and writer from the

Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 Partitions of Poland, ...

in the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

. He was associated with the

Radziwiłł family The House of Radziwiłł (; ; ; ) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian origin, and one of the most powerful magnate families originating from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later also prominent in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. Pa ...

. He was printer of the works of

Symon Budny Szymon Budny or Symon Budny (, , ; c.1533, Budne – 13 January 1593, Vishnyeva) was a Polish- Belarusian humanist, educator, Hebraist, Bible translator, Protestant reformer, philosopher, sociologist and historian, active in the territory of ...

. Originally his press was in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...

but then he moved to Lubča, under the patronage of the Calvinist hetman Christopher Radziwill.Drukarze dawnej Polski od XV do XVIII wieku: Alodia Kawecka-Gryczowa - 1959 "Że Blastus wyszedł ze środowiska ariańskiego i miał może jakieś kontakty z Łoskiem, którego duszą był Szymon Budny, dowodzą prócz wierszy dla Liciniusa lubczańskie edycje Bieniasza Budnego (uważa się go za syna Szymona), ..."

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1632 deaths 17th-century Lithuanian writers Polish printers Year of birth unknown 17th-century Polish writers 17th-century Polish male writers {{poland-bio-stub