Piotr Dunin Wolski
Family
He was the son of Paweł Dunin-Wolski, the grand crown chancellor, the Poznań bishop (1544-1546) and Dorota Wiewiecka h. Jastrzębiec. He had four brothers and six sisters.
Early life
He studied abroad (Padua, Rome, Madrid). In 1545 he received the Poznań canon. After returning from Italy, he stayed at the court of King Zygmunt August, where he became known as a man especially talented for foreign languages and for service in diplomacy. Hence, in 1560, after the death of Queen Bona, he was sent to Madrid in Spain, where he spent 10 years, trying to regain the so-called. Neapolitan sums. After returning to Poland, he was again sent to Spain after the death of Piotr Barzego, the castellan of Przemyśl and a Polish deputy who made wrong decisions in state matters, which required immediate intervention and repair. As a member, he was also sent to Pope Gregory XIII. His diplomatic successes were due to very good knowledge of Italian, French and Spanish. Canceled from Spain, he returned to Poland in 1573.
Episcopal career
In recognition of his diplomatic talent,
In 1575 he signed the election of Emperor Maximilian II Habsburg.[2] In 1589, he was a signatory of the ratification of the Bytom-Będzin treaty at the pacification parliament.[3]
As a bishop of Płock, he twice conducted a diocesan synod in Płock and
He was also known as a bibliophile - imported from abroad books he had set in light yellow parchment and brown skin. Accumulated books were donated by the Kraków Academy (about 1000 volumes) and the library of the Płock chapter (130 works).