Abraham Woyna

Abraham Woyna
Abraham Woyna
Coat of arms	Trąby
Born	1569
Died	1649
Father	Szymon castelan of Mścisław
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Abraham Woyna (Wojna; Lithuanian: Abraomas Vaina) (1569–1649) was a Roman Catholic priest and auxiliary bishop of Vilnius (1611–1626), bishop of Samogitia (1626–1631) and then bishop of Vilnius (1631–1649). His term in office was marked by the rise of Calvinism in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, to which he was actively opposed.

Bishop of Vilnius

Among his achievements was the foundation of the monasteries of the Discalced Carmelites and the Good Friars in Vilna (modern Vilnius, Lithuania), the latter of which also opened up a hospital and a pharmacy nearby.^{[citation needed]} Two synods were held in the Vilnius diocese while Woyna was bishop, in 1631 and 1635; in 1633, Woyna ordered the compilation of the resolutions of various prior synods, titled "Constitutiones Synodorum dioecesis Vilnensis diversis temporibus celebratarum Jussu".^[1]

The previous bishop, Eustachy Wołłowicz, had supported the church authorities' decision to transfer the church built by Piotr Korkonos in 1616 to the Canons Regular of the Lateran, but a lack of funds when the first two monks arrived in 1625 meant the foundation was postponed. Woyna issued an official document for the foundation of a parish in 1638 at Rokantiškės.^[2]^{: 315–316}

In 1636, Woyna, along with four others, signed a commissary decree regarding the housing of the Jewish populace within the city. Specifically, the decree established tenement housing for the Jewish populace following what the text refers to as "tumults" in 1634. It also included a provision increasing the annual fee required of the Jewish citizenry, doubling the peacetime fee agreed on in 1630 from 300 złotys to 600.^[3]

He also led the anti-Protestant faction in the local politics and led the persecution of the Calvinist activists.^[4]^: 54 In November 1641, Jesuit wards beat a preacher named Chelchonski as he returned from administering communion; he and another preacher named Gedarla were both attacked when returning from a feast held by Janusz Radziwiłł. When petitioned to punish the offenders, Woyna responded that he would not, as it was his job to "exterminate heretics".^[5] Another such effort was an accusation of sacrilege against Krzysztof Radziwiłł brought before the diet in 1646 where Woyna demanded a sentence be rendered based on only the evidence he presented.^[6]^: 238 The debate lasted five days, with the measure eventually being defeated.^[6]^: 239

Bibliography

Wileński słownik biograficzny. Bydgoszcz: 2002. ISBN 83-87865-28-1.

References

^ Vėlius, Norbertas (ed.). Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai [Sources of Baltic Religion and Mythology] (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. p. 480.
^ Pietrzkiewicz, Iwona (2012). "Inventory of the of St. Peter Church in the Antakalnis written by Peter Korkonos in 1609". Bibliotheca Lituana (in Polish). 2 (2): 313–328. doi:10.15388/BiblLita.2012.2.15591.
^ "No. 223". Acts of the Vilnius Archaeographic Commission: Volume XXIX. Acts on Jews (in Polish). 1902. pp. 448–450 – via Internet Archive.
^ Kotljarchuk, Andrej (2006). In the Shadows of Poland and Russia: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid-17th Century (PDF). Södertörns högskola. ISBN 91-89315-63-4. ISSN 1652-7399.
^ Brieger, Theodore; Bess, Bernhard (1895). Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte [Journal of Church History] (in German). Gotha: Friedrich und Andreas Perthes. p. 356.
^ ^a ^b Krasinski, Count Valerian (1840). "X. Election and Reign of Vladislav the Fourth". Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation of Poland and of the Influence Which the Scriptural Doctrines Have Exercised on that Country in Literary, Moral, and Political Respects. Vol. 2. London: Murray; Hatchard & Son; James Nisbett & Co.; Shaw; Hamilton & Adam; Wilczewski & Co.

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Bishop Abraomas Voina (Wojna)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Stanisław Kiszka	Bishop of Samogitia 1626–1631	Succeeded by Merkelis Geišas (Melchior Gieysz)
Preceded by Eustachy Wołłowicz	Bishop of Vilnius 1631–1649	Succeeded by Jerzy Tyszkiewicz

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[1] Vėlius, Norbertas (ed.). Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai [Sources of Baltic Religion and Mythology] (in Lithuanian). Vol. 3. p. 480.

[2] Pietrzkiewicz, Iwona (2012). "Inventory of the of St. Peter Church in the Antakalnis written by Peter Korkonos in 1609". Bibliotheca Lituana (in Polish). 2 (2): 313–328. doi:10.15388/BiblLita.2012.2.15591.

[3] "No. 223". Acts of the Vilnius Archaeographic Commission: Volume XXIX. Acts on Jews (in Polish). 1902. pp. 448–450 – via Internet Archive.

[4] Kotljarchuk, Andrej (2006). In the Shadows of Poland and Russia: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid-17th Century (PDF). Södertörns högskola. ISBN 91-89315-63-4. ISSN 1652-7399.

[5] Brieger, Theodore; Bess, Bernhard (1895). Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte [Journal of Church History] (in German). Gotha: Friedrich und Andreas Perthes. p. 356.

[CVK-6] Krasinski, Count Valerian (1840). "X. Election and Reign of Vladislav the Fourth". Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation of Poland and of the Influence Which the Scriptural Doctrines Have Exercised on that Country in Literary, Moral, and Political Respects. Vol. 2. London: Murray; Hatchard & Son; James Nisbett & Co.; Shaw; Hamilton & Adam; Wilczewski & Co.

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