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Walerian Protasewicz

Bishop of Lutsk and Vilnius, Counter-Reformation activist, founder of Vilnius University
Person human Q2659541

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1505
Date of death
December 31, 1579
Place of birth
Kraysk
Place of death
Vilnius
Country of citizenship
Grand Duchy of Lithuania[7]
Occupation
Catholic priest
Position held
king's secretary at the Polish court, Great Scribe of Lithuania, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lutsk, Roman Catholic bishop of Vilnius[8][9][10][11]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[12]
Sibling
Wikidata item[21]
Coat of arms
Drzewica[15]
Consecrator
Paweł Holszański[20]
Described by source
Polish Biographical Dictionary[19]
Family
House of Protasewicz[14]
Family name
Protasewicz[16]
Given name
Valyarjan, Walerian[17][18]
Place of burial
Vilnius Cathedral[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Valerijonas Protasevičius en Walerian Protasewicz hu Protasewicz hu Valerijonas Protasevičius pl Walerian Protasewicz h. Drzewica pl Walerian Protaszewicz-Szuszkowski ru Валериан Протасевич ru Валериан Протасевич-Шушковский ru Валерьян Протасевич ru Протасевич, Валериан ru Протасевич-Шушковский Валериан ru Протасевич-Шушковский, Валериан uk Протасевич Валер'ян
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000029087139
VIAF cluster ID
47935806
GND ID
132875101
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Valarjan Pratasievič. Валяр’ян Пратасевіч (XVIII).jpg ↗
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01099093
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
protas
DDB person (GND) ID
132875101
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
132875101
Freebase ID
/m/05znt40
Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID
walerian-protasewicz-h-drzewica, walerian-protasewicz-h-drzewica-ok-1505-1579-biskup-wilenski-etc
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
132875101
NUKAT ID
n2011047860
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810589961805606
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3962837
PUG authority ID
230464
Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID
psb.24328.1
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
valerijonas-protasevicius
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv8H3cv7rDVQqHQmDV3cP

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🔗 Connections
Consecrator 1
Paweł Holszański
Country of citizenship 1
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Described by source 1
Polish Biographical Dictionary
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
Catholic priest
Place of birth 1
Kraysk
Place of burial 1
Vilnius Cathedral
Place of death 1
Vilnius
Position held 1
Great Scribe of Lithuania
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
← Depicts 1
Union of Lublin
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Summary

Walerian Protasewicz was born on 1505[1] in Kraysk[2]. He died on December 31, 1579[3], in Vilnius[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5].

FAQs

Where was Walerian Protasewicz born?

Walerian Protasewicz's place of birth was Kraysk[2].

Where did Walerian Protasewicz die?

Walerian Protasewicz died in Vilnius[4].

What did Walerian Protasewicz do for work?

Walerian Protasewicz worked as a Catholic priest[5].

Related Entities

Vilnius

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Senatorowie i dygnitarze Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego 1386—1795. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Sejm-Wielki.pl. wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Rodowód kniaziów Świrskich do końca XVI wieku. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Giorgio Michele · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Valyarjan, Walerian
    Family name → Protasewicz
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Family name: Protasewicz"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID → walerian-protasewicz-h-drzewica, walerian-protasewicz-h-drzewica-ok-1505-1579-biskup-wilenski
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID: walerian-protasewicz-h-drzewica-ok-1505-1579-biskup-wilenski-etc, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259967|batch #259967]]"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Citizenship → —
    Consecrator → Paweł Holszański
    Occupation → Catholic priest
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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