Z dziejów klasztoru paulinów w Konopnicy (1630-1864). Wybrane zagadnienia
Selected issues in the history of the Pauline Order Monastery in Konopnica (1630-1864)

Summary/Abstract: The Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit was founded in Hungary in the 13th century. The Pauline fathers were brought to Poland in 1382 by Duke Vladislaus of Opole. In 1630 Castellan of Spicymierz Hieronim Konopnicki established a Pauline monastery in Konopnica. It was the eighth monastery of that order in Poland. The founder assumed that there would be 12 monks, but soon he had to modify his plans. Due to the economic situation he was not able to support more than 2-4 monks. Hieronim Konopnicki donated the Pauline fathers a parish church, the parish land and 3,5 villages. Unfortunately, in 1796 one of the partitioners, Prussia confiscated the monastery’s land. Since then, the Monastery in Konopnica experienced serious economic problems. Its economy was based on agriculture. Brothers grew mainly wheat, rye, barley and oat, but also peas, potatoes and beetroots. In spite of the low level of production, it met monks and hired workers’ consumer needs. The Monastery of Konopnica was closed down in November, 1864 by the tsarist authority.

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