Birthdate: February 2, 1536
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Grojec, Poland
Died: September 27, 1612
Piotr Skarga was a prominent Polish Jesuit known for his skills as a preacher, hagiographer, and polemicist during the Counter-Reformation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He advocated for reforms in the political system, emphasizing the need to strengthen the monarch’s authority over the parliament and nobility. Skarga held positions as a professor at the Kraków Academy and as the first rector of the Wilno Academy. He was also a prolific writer, with notable works such as “The Lives of the Saints” and “Sejm Sermons”.
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