| Title |
The making of a saint through the lenses of (panegyrical) poetry: Aleksander Walenty Szlachtowicz’s Tryumph duchowny (1628) and Josaphat Kuntsevych’s First processus in partibus |
| Authors |
Ryczkowski, Patryk Michal |
| DOI |
10.15388/TMRofSaintJosaphatKuntsevych.2025.9 |
| ISBN |
9786090712160 |
| eISBN |
9786090712177 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
The making and remembering of Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych. 17th–20th century / edited by Ivan Almes, Nataliia Fedyshyn, Salvijus Kulevičius.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2025. p. 184-213.. ISBN 9786090712160. eISBN 9786090712177 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Josaphat Kuntsevych ; hagiography ; cult of saints ; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ; Union of Brest |
| Abstract [eng] |
The contribution argues that Tryumph duchowny, one of the earliest hagiographic pieces devoted to Josaphat Kuntsevych, dwells on those facts known from the records of the first local investigation, which was conducted in Polatsk and Vitsyebsk in 1628, concerning the process for the recognition of his sanctity; thus it must have been composed shortly after the conclusion of this process. The poem, which has been analysed here for the first time in the context of hagiographic practices and writings, explores the militant metaphors used in relation to sanctity, yet it differs slightly from the epic model of hagiographic poetry and has similarities with the concept of the sermon. Apart from the poem’s hagiographic goal, it aimed to eulogize the Tyszkiewicz house, which was also involved in Josaphat’s saint-making and which apparently also supported the poet Aleksander Walenty Szlachtowicz, the rather obscure Ruthenian author who is profiled here. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2025 |
| Type |
Book part |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2025 |
| CC license |
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