Kapłani w pamięci Juliusza Słowackiego
Priests in the Memory of Juliusz Słowacki

Author(s): Włodzimierz Toruń
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Juliusz Słowacki; priest; Holy Land; Maksymilian Stanisław Ryłło; Tomasz Praniewicz
Summary/Abstract: The presented sketch of "Priests in the memory of Juliusz Słowacki" has a historical and literary character. It concerns the poet’s contacts with priests, mainly with rank-and-file servants of the Lord’s vineyard. Apart from the factual layer, the work indirectly tries to answer the question, what resulted from the recorded meetings, to what extent they left a trace in the spiritual life of the poet. From the early period of the poet’s life, an important, remembered figure was priest Bazyli Sobkiewicz, chaplain of the Volyn Junior High School in Krzemieniec. This figure is enveloped in an aura of warm, family memories colored with fervent child religiosity. During the journey to the East, an important figure that Słowacki met was a Jesuit father, a missionary Maksymilian Stanisław Ryłło. In addition to practical help provided to his compatriot, he greatly helped him in experiencing spiritual encounters at cult sites in the Holy Land. The sketch is completed with a paragraph on the character of priest Tomasz Praniewicz, chaplain of the Lambert Hotel, le poète de grotesque. It was his pastoral ministry Słowacki asked for before his death, perhaps feeling quiet sympathy for this servant of God.

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