The present article regards b. Bogumił's story written by Martinus Baronius in his own book Vitae sanctorum quattor fratrum Polonorum eremitarum camaldunensium. It constitutes an alternative history to the known legend about the eremite of Dobrów, as the author identifies him with archbishop Włościbór, who lived in the 13th century. This gave ground to questioning the significance of Vitae sanctorum, although it seems that Vitae Dobroviensis was based on it. It is therefore worth to look once again at b. Bogumił's story written by Martinus Baronius in the beginning of the 17th century.
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Niniejszy artykuł traktuje o historii bł. Bogumiła zawartej w dziele Vitae sanctorum quattor fratrum Polonorum eremitarum camaldunensium Marcina Baroniusa. Jest to alternatywna opowieść względem znanej dzisiaj legendy o pustelniku z Dobrowa, autor utożsamił go bowiem z arcybiskupem Włościborem żyjącym w XIII w. Stało się to podstawą do zakwestionowania wartości tego dzieła, choć okazuje się, że to na jego podstawie został napisany Vitae Dobroviensis. Warto zatem przyjrzeć się jeszcze raz historii Bogumiła spisanej na początku XVII w. przez Marcina Baroniusa.
The Kościuszko Uprising began on 24 March 1794, quickly turning into a national uprising against the partitioning powers. From the very beginning of the uprising its leaders called for donations for the army, addressing the call not only to the laity but also to the clergy. Despite people’s generosity, the commander of the uprising, Tadeusz Kościuszko, issued an order of requisition of silver kept in churches. The bodies responsible for enforcing the decree were order commissions established in various administrative units free from the enemy troops. The present article examines the work of the Grodno District Order Commission with regard to the requisition of church silver. The source edition is based on three documents kept in the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw in the fonds Nabytki niedokumentowe Oddziału I [Undocumented Acquisitions of Department I] no. 110, part II. They are: Copy for the Board of the Grodno Commission issued to persons delegated to collect church silver of 24 May 1794; Register of church silver of the Parish Church in Suwałki made in the presence of commissioners delegated for the purpose of 10 June 1794; Register of church silver of the Wigry monastery of the Camaldolese Fathers made in the presence of commissioners delegated for the purpose of 17 June 1794. The published documents can expand the existing body of knowledge of the requisition of church property for the uprising. The scale of this enterprise is not yet fully known to historians of art owing to a lack of sources. This makes isolated surviving relics of that campaign all the more important, relics like the documents published above or accounting books. However, the vagueness of descriptions of the requisitioned objects prevent us from following their subsequent fate.
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