„Najprzód Rzeczypospolitej, po wtóre Kościołowi”. Rzecz o trzech karierach przedstawicieli szlachty małopolskiej w służbie państwu i Kościołowi w drugiej połowie XVII wieku
„First to the Republic, Second to the Church”: About Three Careers of Representatives of the Lesser Poland Nobility in the Service of the State and the Church in the Second Half of the 17th Century

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the careers of three personages from different strata of the nobility in Lesser Poland, who began their careers with activities for the Republic of Poland, and then devoted themselves to the service of the Catholic Church at the end of their lives. The fate of Aleksander Skrzyszowski, a minor nobleman and soldier, who became the parish priest of the municipal parish in Staszów and a canon in Poznań, is outlined first. He is followed by Hieronim Michał Komornicki, a middle-class nobleman, soldier and parliamentary activist, who died in 1689 as the abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Holy Cross. The last persondiscussed is Piotr Mikołaj Koryciński (1644–1680), the son of the chancellor, a regional assembly activist, royal secretary, diplomat, provost general of Miechów and bishop nominee of Chełmno. The article emphasizes the fact that the everyday life of the nobility was influenced by a strong engagement in State and Church affairs, while underlining the practice of publicly active nobleman obtaining church offices and dignities.

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