Stanisław Łubieński (original) (raw)

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Polish noble, politician and bishop

Stanisław Łubieński
Bishop of Łuck
Incumbent
Assumed office 1622
Bishop of Płock
In office1627–1640
Preceded by Hieronim Cielecki
Succeeded by Karol Ferdynand Waza
Regent of Royal Chancellery
In office1614–1628
Crown Secretary
Personal details
Born 1573Łubna
Died 16 April 1640Wyszków
Occupation Polish noble, politician, bishop, Catholic priest
Known for Royal Secretary of King Sigismund III, Regent of Royal Chancellery, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown

Stanisław Łubieński (1573 in Łubna – 16 April 1640 in Wyszków), of Pomian coat of arms, was a Polish noble, politician and bishop. Royal Secretary of king Sigismund III of Poland from 1591; regent of Royal Chancellery from 1614, Crown Secretary, bishop of Łuck from 1622, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown from 1626 (to 1628) and bishop of Płock from 1627.

He was a Catholic priest and a strong supporter of counterreformation. Friend of the poet Maciej Sarbiewski,[1] himself he was an author of many important historical chronicles of that period, among them a detailed description of rokosz of Zebrzydowski.

  1. ^ Giovanna Siedina (2015). Latinitas in the Polish Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Its Impact on the Development of Identities. Firenze University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-88-6655-674-9.