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| | Jerzy Niemirycz |
 | | In 1641, when he was chosen chamberlain of Kiev (podkomorzy kijowski), his Roman Catholic friend and protector Stanislaw Koniecpolski said that he might have been nominated to the Senate "if his faith did not stand in the way." On this occasion, in his Arian pride, Niemirycz went too far. |
 | | Katarzyna Lubieniecka, mother of the theologian Stanislaw, who might have known Niemirycz personally, wrote, not without some satisfaction, "The Lord has made quick justice through a peasant's hand. |
 | | It did not help him, though be became Ruthenian." The provisions of the Hadziacz Union, of which he was the principal architect, were never implemented, and Ukraine was eventually divided by Poland and Russia. |
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