Benedykt Wiszowaty
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Benedykt Wiszowaty was a Polish Socinian author and publisher.
He was the great-grandson of Fausto Sozzini, grandson of Stanisław Wiszowaty, and son of Andrzej Wiszowaty Sr. (Latin: Andreas Wissowatius) and Aleksandra Rupniowska. Benedykt married Katarzyna Przypkowska and was father of Andrzej Wiszowaty Jr.
who in 1724 became lecturer at the Unitarian College in Cluj
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He edited and published The Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum
, or Antitrinitarian Library, in Freistadt
, Austria, in 1684, from the work of Christopher Sandius
, Amsterdam, who had died 4 years earlier. Some of the material had already appeared in the Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum of 1668 (not 1656).
He was the great-grandson of Fausto Sozzini, grandson of Stanisław Wiszowaty, and son of Andrzej Wiszowaty Sr. (Latin: Andreas Wissowatius) and Aleksandra Rupniowska. Benedykt married Katarzyna Przypkowska and was father of Andrzej Wiszowaty Jr.
Andrzej Wiszowaty Jr.
Andrzej Wiszowaty Jr. was a grandson of Andrzej Wiszowaty Sr. He taught at the Unitarian Gymnasium in Cluj-Napoca from 1726 or before....
who in 1724 became lecturer at the Unitarian College in Cluj
Cluj
Cluj may refer to*Cluj-Napoca, county seat of Cluj County, named Cluj until 1974*Cluj County, Romania*Cluj-Napoca International Airport*U Cluj, a Romanian sports club*U Cluj, a Romanian football club*CFR Cluj, a Romanian football club...
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Works
- Medulla historiae
He edited and published The Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum
Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum
The Bibliotheca antitrinitariorum, or Antitrinitarian Library, first published in 1684, is a posthumous work of Christopher Sandius , an exiled Prussian Antitrinitarian in Amsterdam, in which he chronologically lists all the Arian and Socinian or Antitrinitarian authors from the Reformation to...
, or Antitrinitarian Library, in Freistadt
Freistadt
Freistadt is a small Austrian town in the state of Upper Austria in the region Mühlviertel. With a population of approximately 7,500 residents, it is a trade centre for local villages. Freistadt is the economic centre of a district of the same name District Freistadt...
, Austria, in 1684, from the work of Christopher Sandius
Christopher Sandius
Christopher Sandius Jr. was an Arian writer and publisher of Socinian works without himself being a Socinian....
, Amsterdam, who had died 4 years earlier. Some of the material had already appeared in the Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum of 1668 (not 1656).