RZYMSKA EDYCJA HYMNÓW O ŚW. KAZIMIERZU Z ROKU 1525 I JEJ STAROPOLSKIE TŁO

Abstract

The object of attention are the hymns of St. George. Kazimierz issued by Bishop-humanist Zacharias Ferreri (Zaccaria Ferreri) in the set Hymni Novi ecclesiastici (Rome, 1525). Ferreri wrote it four years earlier in Vilnius, when as the nuncio of Pope Leo X led the canonization of Prince Casimir. The author discusses the life of the prince, and then hymns by Ferreri, as an early promotion of St. Kazimierz throughout the Church. Like the entire collection, the hymns are an example of departure from the tradition of medieval hymns. Even more remarkable is their reception in the 17c.: they have been re-issued in Vilnius in the year 1604, on the occasion of the canonization, and in 1606 were translated into Polish. The author discusses the translation and its relationship to the original.

Keywords

• Vilnius
• Matthew Chrysostom Wołodkiewicz
• Grzegorz Święcicki
• hymns
• Pope Leo X
• Zaccaria Ferreri