Biskup warmiński Szymon Rudnicki w starych drukach Biblioteki „Hosianum” w Olsztynie
Bishop of Warmia Szymon Rudnicki in Old Prints of the “Hosianum” Library in Olsztyn (Allenstein)

Summary/Abstract: Szymon Rudnicki was bishop of Warmia from 1604 to 1621. He continued the post-Tridentinereform of the Church after his predecessors, as documented above all in official and liturgicalprints. These are stored in the largest number in the collection of the Library of the WarmianMetropolitan Seminary “Hosianum” in Olsztyn. The present study, carried out by introducingdescriptions and histories of old prints related to the figure of the bishop – portrays him as a bibli-ophile and a zealous diocesan governor. One volume from the book collection of Bishop Rudnicki,the 1610 synod constitutions, liturgical agendas, as well as the 17th century biographies of the hi-erarch and two variations of his coat of arms are discussed.

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