Karol Antoniewicz
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Karol Antoniewicz (Bołoz.)
Life
He was the son of Józef Antoniewicz, a nobleman and lawyer. His pious mother Józefa, née Nikorowicz, attended to his early training on their estate at Skwarzawa, where they had moved in 1818.[1]
After the death of his father in 1823, Karol entered the University of Lviv to study law, devoting, however, much time to philology; besides Polish, he spoke fluent German, French, Italian, and English. Here he also gathered material for the history of the Armenians in Poland (his ancestors were Armenians) and wrote Polish and German poetry.[1]
Having finished his course in law with the highest distinction in 1827, he made a tour through Austria and Romania. During the
In 1833 he married his cousin Zofia Nikorowicz, and settled in Skwarzawa. His marital life ended with the death of his five children, followed shortly by that of his wife, who took religious vows on her death-bed. His mother also died in the
His philosophical studies were made at
Upon the request of
When on 7 May 1848, the Society of Jesus was dissolved in Austria, Antoniewicz went to Silesia (Gräfenberg), returning incognito, however, to Lviv, in 1850. Being discovered, he left the country, stopping at Kraków, just after the conflagration of 18 July 1850, to console the inhabitants. On this occasion, he delivered the sermon "On the ruins of Cracow" (Na zgliszczach Krakowa).[1]
At the insistence of
In the church at Obra, where he rests, his friends erected to his memory a monument, surmounted by his bust.[1]
Works
He composed over seventy-six different works; six before he became a Jesuit, and seventy as a Jesuit, twenty-seven of which were published after his death.[1]
In youth he composed many poems; later he gave preference to religious themes. These included:
- Wianek krzyżowy ("Garland of the Cross")
- Wianek majowy ("Wreath of May")
- Jan Kanty, Sw. Jacek ("St. Hyacinth")
He is the author of many devotional and ascetic works, including:[1]
- Czytania świąteczne dla ludu ("Festive Readings for the Faithful")
- Sw. Izydor Oracz ("St. Isidore")
- Groby świętych polskich ("The Tombs of Polish Saints")
- Listy w duchu Bożym do przyjaciół ("Spiritual Letters to Friends")
His sermons were collected and arranged by his fellow Jesuit, Jan Badeni, and published in four volumes (Cracow, 1893, 2d ed.), under the title Kazania Ks. Karola Antoniewicza. Badeni similarly published Zbiór poezji (a collection of poems) in 1898-99.[1]
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Charles Antoniewicz". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. This entry cites:
- Sadok Barącz, Zywoty slawnych Ormoan w Polsce (Lemberg, 1856)
- Ferdinand Speil, P. Karl Antoniewicz, Missonar der Gesellschaft Jesu, ein Lebensbild (Breslau, 1875)
- Jan Badeni , Ks. Karol Antoniewicz (Cracow, 1896)
- Józef Sebastian Pelczar, Zarys dziejow kaznodziejstwa (Cracow, 1896), II, 320-322