Sandomir (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Aurelio Palmieri · 1913
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Description
Sandomir, Polish Sandomierz, is a very ancient Polish city still showing prehistoric building traces. Its 6,891 people included 2,364 Catholics, 46 Orthodox, and 3,433 Jews. When Mieszko I brought Christianity to Poland in the tenth century, he built churches there to St Nicholas and St John. Its entry in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia makes the city a gallery of holy figures.
In the Middle Ages Sandomir grew into a centre of political and religious life. Blessed Salome, daughter of Leszek the Fair and wife of Hungary's Koloman, lived there. So did Blessed Adelaide, daughter of Casimir the Just, who founded St John's parish church and was buried there in 1211. Blessed Vincent Kadlubek, canonised after a fruitful ministry, lived there too. The Dominican Czeslaw, brother of Hyacinth, and Hyacinth himself complete the roll.
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| CREATOR | Aurelio Palmieri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |