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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cracow
Cracow in 1895, and Anatole Nowak auxiliary bishop in 1900.
Cracow is one of the most venerable structures in Europe.
Cracow (1320-1326); rebuilt in the eighteenth century in borocco style; and renovated from 1886-1901.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04464c.htm   (950 words)

  
 Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
In 1520 the study of Greek was introduced to the university, the professors being Constanzo Claretti, Wenzel of Hirschberg, and Libanus.
Górski, in his "Apology" (1581), and Petrycy give as the chief reasons for this the utter insubordination of the students, complete indifference of the professors to the advances of learning in the West, and lack of means for the support of the university.
It is true that Bishop Stoltyk, and after him the energetic Koltataj, undertook a thorough reform by breaking with the medieval routine and giving prominence to the natural sciences.
www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen04.html?term=The%20University%20of%20Cracow   (1670 words)

  
 Cracow
During the invasion of the Bohemians in 1039, and the succeeding period of anarchy, all ecclesiastical documents were lost, and the names and the dates of the bishops of Cracow, up to Bishop Aaron (1046-1059) are very unreliable.
From the year 1443 to 1795 the bishops of Cracow were at the same time sovereign dukes of Severia, a territory situated between Silesia and Cracow.
Pope Pius VII made Cracow an exempt diocese in 1815 and restored to it a portion of the Diocese of Kielce in 1817, which portion, however, was returned to Kielce in 1846, so that then the Diocese of Cracow was confined to the city Cracow and two deaneries south of the Vistula.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/cracow.html   (853 words)

  
 Kosztowy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1391 Duke Johann II (the Iron) gave the large forests surrounding Kosztowy, Imielin and Gross Chelm to the Bishop of Cracow.
Since the bishops were also civil administrators of their areas, Kosztowy did not become part of Silesia until 1742.
In 1772 it became part of Prussia and from 1792 it belonged to the newly-formed district of Imielin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kosztowy   (241 words)

  
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Printers of repute at Cracow, during the 16th and beginning of the 17th century, were Sybeneicher and Piotrkowczyk.
The bishops were soon active against those who refused to conform to the doctrines of the Roman church.
A hundred years afterwards a certain Katharina Malcher, on account of her Utraquist opinions, was condemned by Gamrat, the bishop of Cracow, to be burnt, which sentence was accordingly carried out in the ragmarket at Cracow.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=53450   (8658 words)

  
 Krakow (Cracow), Poland - city guide
Cracow was awarded the title of European City of Culture in 2000.
Cracow has traditionally been one of the major centres of Polish culture; and continues to remain so, with its great theatres, magnificent museums and art galleries, as well as of innumerable cafés, restaurants and pubs.
Cracow is an important centre of science and learning: its renowned Jagiellonian University (over 600 years old) is one of the oldest schools in Europe and sixteen other institutions of higher learning offer education to 130,000 students.
www.polandforall.com /cracow.html   (299 words)

  
 Pope - PolskiInternet.com
In 1948 he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in Cracow as well as chaplain for the university students until 1951, when he took up again his studies on philosophy and theology.
Later he became professor of moral theology and social ethics in the major seminary of Cracow and in the Faculty of Theology of Lublin.
On July 4, 1958, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow by Pope Pius XII, and was consecrated September 28, 1958, in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow, by Archbishop Baziak.
www.polskiinternet.com /english/info/pope.html   (791 words)

  
 Przewodnik miejski po Krakowie - Cracow city guide
Cracow is one of the most important Polish cities with precious historical monuments dating from different centuries.
The center of the nave is occupied by the 1630 mausoleum of St. Stanislaw, Poland's saint patron, the 11th-century Krakow bishop murdered by King Boleslav II (1058–1079).
The bishop was canonised in 1253 and became the patron saint of Poland.
cityguide.krakow.pl /zabytki_en.html   (3663 words)

  
 The Warsaw Voice - POT
Cracow, Poland's former royal capital, is one of the most attractive spots on the tourist map of Europe.
The Tatars withdrew from the gates of Cracow, and the joyous victors-with a raftsman dressed as the khan at the front-triumphantly entered the city.
Cracow's Kazimierz district, established in the 14th century by King Kazimierz the Great, used to be a separate town where Christianity and Judaism coexisted for nearly five centuries.
www2.warsawvoice.pl /old/poland/POT03.html   (871 words)

  
 Biography – Pope Clement XIII – The Papal Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Of fifty-one archbishops and bishops then in Paris, forty-four showed themselves favorable to the members of the society and signed a declaration in their favor; and of the remain seven, Monsignor de Grasse, Bishop of Angers, added his signature; two others belonged to the family of Choiseul, the prime minister.
Speaking of the encyclical of Benedict XIV on Jansenism, the bishop said that, considered in itself, and in spite of the enemies of the faith and the friends of toleration, it was the rampart of the bull Unigenitus, the triumph of the strong, the ignominy of the weak, and the condemnation of the refractory.
Zalucky, Bishop of Kiev, proceeded to Rome, the at that very moment when the Jesuits were banished from many kingdoms, and their suppression furiously demanded, he the habit in that persecuted order.
www.saint-mike.org /library/Papal_Library/ClementXIII/biography.html   (8915 words)

  
 Niclaus Copernicus
After the death of his uncle, in 1512, Copernicus went to Frauenburg for the election of the new bishop, and remained there until 1516, when he was nominated administrator of the diocesan castle of Allenstein.
His answer was, that the length of the year and of the months and the motions of the sun and moon were not yet sufficiently known to attempt a reform.
Bishop Giese charged Rheticus, as the ablest disciple of the great master, with the task of editing the work.
www.thocp.net /biographies/copernicus_nicolaus.htm   (1986 words)

  
 Nicolaus Copernicus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After four years at Cracow, followed by a brief stay back home at Toruń, he went to Italy, where he studied law and medicine at the universities of Bologna and Padua.
In 1497 Copernicus' uncle was ordained Bishop of Warmia, and Copernicus was named a canon at Frombork Cathedral, but he waited in Italy for the great Jubilee of 1500.
Other churchmen before him — Nicole Oresme (a French bishop) in the fourteenth century and Nicolaus Cusanus (a German cardinal) in the fifteenth — had freely discussed the possible motion of the earth, and there was no reason to suppose that the reappearance of this idea in the sixteenth century would cause a religious stir.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Copernicus   (4847 words)

  
 i-Kielce - serwis lokalny Miasta Kielce
It was built by Cracow bishops who were granted the ownership of the settlement together with the vast areas of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains by the prince.
It was administered by the hereditary officer of a group of villages on behalf of the bishop.
The Bishops of Cracow - owners of the city - considerably contributed to the recovery of the economic activity in their manors.
www.i-kielce.pl /informator/info_php03/i2003_en/informator_historia.php   (2560 words)

  
 Obituary: John Paul II
His devotion to Mary was a strong guiding force in his life (his coat of arms had the letter M on it), and he attributed his survival of the assassination attempt in 1981 to her.
In 1938, Karol enrolled in the Faculty of Philosphy of Jagiellonian University in Cracow.
And in 1995 French bishop Jacques Gaillot was removed from his diocese for opposing the Church’s teaching on issues such as homosexual relationships and the use of condoms to prevent the transmission of Aids.
www.catholic-ew.org.uk /pope/biography.htm   (3861 words)

  
 Bishops of Samogitia
Jurgis Petkevicius (Petkunas) (ca 1530-1574), bishop of Samogitia, born in Eisiskes, eastern Lithuania, his parents were of the nobility.
On the recommendation of King Sigismund Augustus, he was consecrated bishop of Samogitia in 1567, where he was the first bishop to put into effect the decrees of the Ecumenical Council of Trent (1545-1563), convened for the purpose of stemming the tide of Protestantism.
In 1602 he was consecrated titular bishop of Melton and auxiliary bishop of Vilnius.
postilla.mch.mii.lt /Istorija/vyskupai2.en.htm   (515 words)

  
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Sławków is one of the oldest towns in the south of Poland besides Kraków (Cracow).
It was born in the 13th century after craftsmen from Sławków had contributed significantly to the reconstruction of Cracow destroyed by Tatar invasions in 1241 and 1259.
Besides, the fact that both in Cracow and in Wrocław there are streets named "Sławkowska" proves that the next important city situated on the route between the two great ones was Sławków, not Bytom, Brzeg or Oława.
www.slawkow.pl /mlang/index_en.htm   (1620 words)

  
 Kraków {Cracow} (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]
Kazimierz Górny (Priest: 29 Jun 1960; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Oct 1984 to 25 Mar 1992)
Stanislaw Szembek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 1690 to 21 Jun 1700)
Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1746 to 16 Dec 1758)
www.catholic-hierarchy.org /diocese/dkrak.html   (653 words)

  
 Poland and the Baltic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
From 1443 to 1791 (and nominally until 1918), the Bishops were also secular authorities, being in possession of the Duchy of Siewierz.
Cracow has always been at the forefront of Polish cultural life, and it has generally been at the head of the defence of Polish integrity and liberty as well
The Bishops of Riga were the overlords of several Livonian tribes in addition to the city itself, and maintained their power often at the expense of their neighbors and ostensible allies, the Livonian Order (see Latvia).
www.hostkingdom.net /baltic.html   (2715 words)

  
 Servant of God Mother Zofia Czeska. The founder of the school and the Congregation of the Virgins of the Presentation ...
On May 31st 1627 she received approval of the Institute by the foundation decree of the bishop of Cracow Mgr Marcin Szyszkowski on the 24th of May 1633 the foundation was confirmed in the name of the Holy See by Apostolic Nuncio Honorat Visconti.
The Ordinary bishops of Cracow were its protectors and spiritual guidance was provided by the Jesuit order.
The remains of her body are now kept in the side chapel of St. John's church (that one of the Virgins of the Presentation) in Cracow.
www.prezentki.opoka.net.pl /zofia_czeska/zycie_an.htm   (2244 words)

  
 Marians of the Immaculate Conception: Founder
Bishop Wierzbowski wished to engage the newly created religious community in fulfilling of his plans of the renewal of religious life in the diocese.
The Marians became an Order with solemn vows and were freed from the authority of a local bishop, although they were dependent on the Franciscans for some time.
On February 28, 1980, the National Conference of Bishops in Poland petitioned the Holy Father to elevate Fr.
www.padrimariani.org /en/heritage/founder.html   (3527 words)

  
 Cinema Hostel Cracow - cheap hotel, hostel Krakow, hostel Krakau, magical accommodation
Visiting Cracow's Kazimierz (former jewish district), Synagogues, Blaszanka - former factory of Schindler finished by the monument in Plaszow on the terain of the former Camp KL "Plaszow" - place marked with the sign on tragic actions of the Second World War, martyrdom of Jewes, Gipsies, Hungarians, Russians and Poles.
Leonard's Cript, St. Florian's Church, St. Stanislaw's Kostka Church, House Of The Cracow's Bishops, Rakowicki Cementary and Sanctuarium in lagiewniki.
Cracow Navigation - cruises on a turist ship "Nimfa" - haven by the Czerwienski Bulevard near the Grunwaldzki Bridge, open Monday - Friday 9.30-17.30, Saturday - Sunday 9.30-16.00, Phone: (0-12) 422 08 55, http://www.zegluga.krakow.pl/.
www.cinemahostel.com /index.php?go=trips   (1001 words)

  
 Pope John Paul II
After the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary of Cracow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of the Jagiellonian University, until his priestly ordination in Cracow on November 1, 1946.
In 1948 he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in Cracow as well as chaplain for the university students until 1951, when he took up again his studies on philosophy and theology.
On July 4, 1958, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow by Pope Pius XII, and was consecrated September 28, 1958, in Wawel Cathedral, Cracow, by Archbishop Baziak.
www.holyspiritradio.org /Main/PopeJohnPaulIIBio.htm   (751 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - The Gentleman from Cracow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
...midgets were coupled with giants, beauties with cripples.TIIE GENI LEMAN FROM CRACOW On the last two slips appeared the name of the gentleman from Cracow and that of Hodle, the daughter of Lipa the ragpicker...
...As he had promised, the gentleman from Cracow gave each the stipulated sum of ducats, and on the neck of each bride he hung a strand of pearls...
...The town's beadle, now in the service of the gentleman from Cracow, drew from one skullcap the names of the young men, and from the other those of the young women, chanting their names in the same tune as when he called up members of the congregation for the reading of the Torah...
www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V24I3P53-1.htm   (5557 words)

  
 Walking Slovakia - Hiking Tour Budapest Cracow
It is the gateway to an especially panoramic part of Hungary called the Danube Bend, where the river winds between high hills to Visegrad (and a castle with a beautiful view), and the historic town of Ezstergom, for centuries the seat of the Hungarian bishops, with its magnificent cathedral.
Late afternoon transfer by van to Esztergom, traditional seat of the Hungarian bishops, with its enormous basilica.
In Cracow, you'll need more than one day: Wawel Castle, the Old Market Square, the Kazimierz Jewish quarter, or the town walls and Royal Way could easily take a day each.
www.gtc.cz /tour_HikingBudapestCracow.htm   (1100 words)

  
 Powiat Chrzanowski - Meeting with Monuments in Babice
The ruins of the bishops castle of Cracow in Lipowiec hill.
Legends have it that in the palace there was once a prehistoric castle, later a knightly castle.
In this time, a Romanesque tower was raised, which served as prison and cell for those convicted to death of hunger.
www.powiat-chrzanowski.pl /index.php?id=264   (252 words)

  
 The Vth International Master Course for Pianists in Cracow
The International Master Course for Pianists is held in Dworek Bialopradnicki, the former summer seat of Cracow's bishops.
At the age of nine he debuted with the symphonic orchestra in The Cracow Philharmonic concert hall.
His concerts, recitals, TV and broadcast recording and records provide impressive proof of Piękoś reputation as one of the leading interpreters of Chopin's and Szymanowski's music and won him esteem with both the public and critics.
www.dworek.krakow.pl /pianists/index.htm   (674 words)

  
 Travel through south-eastern Poland
Further uphill is the Carmelite church, a seat of a Uniate bishop prior to 1945.
At the top end of the same street, the former Bishop's Palace houses the Regional Museum, which is mainly devoted to the two main local industries, the highpoint being an impressive collection of historic kerosene lamps.
Muszyna was for nearly half a millennium the property of the bishops of Cracow, and hence its parish church, which was built in the seventeenth century, has always been used for Roman Catholic worship.
www.lemko.org /lih/travel/beskid.html   (9980 words)

  
 FIRST THINGS: On the Square » Blog Archive » RJN: Wielgus
Thus the appearance is that the task of truth-telling has been left to the media and to politicians and activists who are pressing various, and sometimes conflicting, agendas.
According to trusted Polish friends, it was obvious then, and it is increasingly obvious now, that many Polish bishops, along with the papal nuncio to Poland, did not and do not share the courageous vigilance exemplified by Wyszinski and John Paul II.
One can only pray that it is not too late for the bishops of Poland to take the lead in creating a climate of truth and reconciliation for what is perhaps the most vibrantly Catholic society in the world.
www.firstthings.com /onthesquare/?p=585   (592 words)

  
 No theology, please, we're British | The-Tidings.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Bishop Amat captures 2nd straight state basketball title
This past summer I had a pleasant dinner with a senior British churchman who happened to be visiting Cracow while I was teaching there.
Whether he can convince his fellow bishops of the Anglican Communion to think theologically, rather than sociologically and politically, about central questions of Christian doctrine and Church order would seem to be one of his challenges.
www.the-tidings.com /2004/0903/difference.htm   (632 words)

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