Jan Urban (priest)
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| Born | January 23, 1874 Plock, Poland |
| Died | September 27, 1940 (aged 66) Kraków |
| Nationality | Polish |
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Notable work | Makrina Mieczyslavska in The Light of Truth |
Jan Urban (born January 23, 1874 in Brok near Płock, died September 27, 1940 in Kraków) - Polish Jesuit, historian, promoter of the Neouniate church (Catholic Church of the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland).
Biography
He studied philosophy and theology at the Płock Theological Seminary. In 1899 he joined the Jesuit Order. In 1905 he was assigned to the Kraków publishing house Apostolstwo Modlitwy. Urban participated in two secret missions among the former Uniates in Podlachia (1902–1903 and 1907-09). In the years 1903–1907, he stayed in Saint Petersburg, preparing and distributing printed materials for former Uniates in Russian Empire: prayer books, brochures, and magazines. He later described his missionary experiences in the book Wśród unitów na Podlasiu (Among the Uniates in Podlasie) (1923). During World War I, Urban taught theology in Vidnava, Gräfenberg, Bavaria, Łódź Voivodeship. From 1918 to 1933, he served as editor-in-chief of the Polish Jesuit journal (and publishing house) Przegląd Powszechny [1]. Due to the efforts of Urban and his predecessors, the journal was regarded as one of the high-quality social and cultural journals devoted to religious, philosophical, ethical, cultural, historical, and political issues. [2]
He published numerous books on civil and church affairs, as well as church history. In 1906 he wrote a biography of the Uniate martyr, Josaphat Kuntsevych|St. Josaphat Kuntsevych. Urban's 1923 historical study of the affair of Makrina Mieczyslavska (the Greek Catholic Church nun who was accepted and honored as a martyr in Paris and Rome in 1845-1846) attracted particular attention. In his book, Makrina Mieczyslavska in The Light of Truth, Urban analyzes her narrative and concludes that it is a fabrication.[3] The story of Makrina and Urban's analysis of it are retold in the 2014 novel Matka Makryna by Jacek Dehnel. [4]
Urban participated in several congresses and conventions concerning the union of churches. In 1935, he founded and co-edited the Neouniate magazines: K'Sojedinieniju and Da Złuczennia. He died on September 27, 1940 in Krakow.
References
- ↑ Jan Urban at Polskie Tradycje - www.polskietradycje.pl/enAuthors/view/171
- ↑ Pyszka, Stanisław (2017) - Myśl społeczna jezuitów Prowincji Galicyjskiej w latach 1884-1918 na łamach "Przeglądu Powszechnego", Rocznik Filozoficzny Ignatianum: 23 pp. 75–127 (1).
- ↑ Urban, Jan (1923), Makryna Mieczysławska w świetle prawdy, nakł. Przeglądu Powszechnego, Kraków 1923.
- ↑ Dehnel, Jacek (2014), Matka Makryna, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo W.A.B. - Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal, ISBN 978-83-280-1643-9
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