Ignacy Krasicki
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His Excellency Ignacy Krasicki |
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| Archbishop of Gniezno Primate of Poland |
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Portrait by Per Krafft the Elder, ca 1768
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| Archdiocese | Gniezno |
| In office | 1796–1801 |
| Predecessor | Michał Jerzy Poniatowski |
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| Born |
3 February 1735 Dubiecko, Sanok Land |
| Died | 14 March 1801 (aged 66), Berlin |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Occupation | Writer, Primate of Poland |
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Ignacy Krasicki (3 February 1735 – 14 March 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, Ermland) and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet ("the Prince of Poets"), a critic of the clergy,Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek.
His most notable literary works were his Fables and Parables (1779), Satires (1779), and poetic letters and religious lyrics, in which the artistry of his poetic language reached its summit.
Krasicki was born in Dubiecko, on southern Poland's San River, into a family bearing the title of count of the Holy Roman Empire. He was related to the most illustrious families in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and spent his childhood surrounded with the love and solicitude of his own family.
He attended a Jesuit school in Lwów, then studied at a Warsaw Catholic seminary (1751–54). In 1759 he took holy orders and continued his education in Rome (1759–61). Two of his brothers also entered the priesthood.
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