Tomasz Młodzianowski (

Dąbrowa coat of arms Dąbrowa is a Polish coat of arms originated from the Duchy of Masovia. Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: *Kostka family ** Katarzyna Kostka ** Jan Kostka ** Stanisław Kostka ** Saint Stanislaus Kostka * Kiszka ...

; 21 December 1622 – 3 or 9 October 1686) was a Polish

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, preacher and writer.

Life

Młodzianowski was born on 21 December 1622 near

Ciechanów Ciechanów is a city in north-central Poland, seat of the Ciechanów County in the Masovian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 43,495. A city with almost a thousand years of history, recorded in 1065, Ciechanów is one of ...

. He was a member of

Mazovia Mazovia or Masovia ( ) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the largest city and Płock being the capital of the region . Throughout the ...

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(''drobna szlachta''). In 1637 he began the

novitiate The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian ''novice'' (or ''prospective'') monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether ...

. In 1648 he received the

holy orders In certain Christian denominations, holy orders are the ordination, ordained ministries of bishop, priest (presbyter), and deacon, and the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders. Churches recognizing these orders inclu ...

. From 1654 to 1656 he was a

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thoma ...

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. While coming back he visited the

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. He has been a lecturer in the

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

s in various cities of the

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and a

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. In 1673 he became the deputy

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. From 1680 to 1683 he was the rector in the college in Poznań. Młodzianowski died on 3 or 9 October 1686 in

Wolbrom Wolbrom (, ) is a town in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 8,942 people (2010). Wolbrom lies in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, which is also called the ''Polish Jura''. South of the town there is ''Kamienna M ...

. After his death, King

John III Sobieski John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...

said: ''"The order of the Society has a great loss in this man."'' He was buried in the church of saint Peter and Paul in

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Works

He won the fame of a great preacher. In 1674 he was speaking in the coronation mass of

. He has written down 73

homilies A homily (from Greek ὁμιλία, ''homilía'') is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture, giving the "public explanation of a sacred doctrine" or text. The works of Origen and John Chrysostom (known as Paschal Homily) are considered e ...

and 179

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s. He used to publish occasional speeches separately. The rest is collected in his ''Kazania i Homilie'' (

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1681), with over 2,000 pages ''in folio'' in four volumes. He used to avoid

macaronic language Macaronic language is any expression using a mixture of languages, particularly bilingual puns or situations in which the languages are otherwise used in the same context (rather than simply discrete segments of a text being in different langua ...

, speak clearly, make the lecture interesting through

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s, explain abstract ideas to the audience (e.g. comparing the

apostles An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary. The word is derived from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", itself derived from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to se ...

to the MPs), include proverbs. His other works are: * ''Praelectiones'' (1666-1674) – a series of

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s presenting full

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and

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* ''Integer cursus theologicus et philosophicus'' – a revised and expanded version of the above * ''Rozmyślania albo Lekcya duchowna'' – meditations, in 1680-1754 published 6 times * ''Akty przygotowania się na śmierć'' – about good death, between 1685 and 1758 edited 7 times

Bibliography

*''Nowy Korbut'', ed. Roman Pollak, v. 2,

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1964, pp. 526–527. *

Kasper Niesiecki Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher. Biography Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 h ...

, ''Herbarz polski'', v. VI,

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1841, pp. 427–429.

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Works by Tomasz Młodzianowski
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1622 births 1686 deaths People from Ciechanów County 17th-century Christian mystics 17th-century writers in Latin 17th-century Polish Jesuits Roman Catholic mystics Polish male writers Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Polish Roman Catholic missionaries Jesuit missionaries Roman Catholic missionaries in Iran 17th-century Polish male writers 17th-century Polish philosophers {{RC-clergy-stub

Life

Works

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