Roman Vetulani (8 August 1849 – 12 August 1908) was a Polish high school professor, secretary of the
"Sokół" gymnastics organization chapter in
Sanok
Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — , , ''Sanok'', , ''Sianok'' or ''Sianik'', , , ''Sūnik'' or ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of southeastern Poland with 38,397 inhabitants, as of June 2016. Located on the San ...
, honorary member of
Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej
Macierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Moryń, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Moryń, south of Gryfino, and south of the regional capital ...
since 1898.
Biography
He was born in
Bochnia
Bochnia is a town on the river Raba in southern Poland, administrative seat of Bochnia County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The town lies approximately halfway between Tarnów (east) and the regional capital Kraków (west). Bochnia is most noted ...
in 1849 as the son of a father of
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
descent, Michał Vetulani, and a
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
mother, Franciszka Śliwińska. Roman Vetulani graduated in
classical philology
Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...
from
Lviv University
The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (named after Ivan Franko, ) is a state-sponsored university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 1940 the university is named after Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko.
The university is the oldest institution of highe ...
. He had six children:
Kazimierz
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(professor of Lviv University),
Zygmunt Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. It has the same etymology as the Germanic name Zigmund. People so named include:
Given name Medieval period
* Sigismund I the Old (1467†...
(diplomat),
Tadeusz (professor of Adam Mickiewicz University in animal husbandry),
Adam
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According to Christianity, Adam ...
(historian of medieval law and canonist, professor of Jagiellonian University), Maria, and Elżbieta (died in childhood). Roman Vetulani died on 12 August 1908 in
Zawoja
Zawoja is a village in southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune. It has 7,400 inhabitants and is ...
, Poland. As his grandson
Jerzy
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Peop ...
said, he died in consequence of heart disease.
Family tree
References
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1849 births
1908 deaths
Polish educators
People from Bochnia
Polish people of Italian descent
University of Lviv alumni