„Ja nie znam Ojczyzny jak Polska, w jej zmartwychwstanie wierzę jak w Boga”
“I Do Not Know the Motherland Like Poland, I Believe in Its Resurrection as in God”

Dominican Piotr Zachariasz Korotkiewicz (1803-1873) as One of the Spiritual Leaders of the Patriotic and National Movement in Lviv in 1848

Summary/Abstract: Piotr Zachariasz Korotkiewicz (1803-1873) was one of the Polish Dominicans who played an important role in the religious, social and political life in Galicia in the 19th century. This friar was especially known for his patriotic attitude and political commitment to Poles living in the Habsburg Empire. Both through participation in political institutions and through preaching sermons – he became one of the spiritual leaders of all those for whom the Polish cause during the Spring of Nations was important. He can certainly be classified as an intellectual elite, as through his words and deeds he influenced the moral and political attitude of the Galician society.

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