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2 unusual facts about Pińczów


David HaLevi Segal

His wife had died long before; now Segal married the widow of her brother, Samuel Hirz, Rav of Pińczów.

Pierre Statorius

Pierre Statorius (Tonneville, Seine-Maritime 1530 - Pińczów 1591) was a French grammarian and theologian, who settled among the Polish Brethren, becoming rector of a Calvinist Academy in Pińczów at the invitation of Francesco Lismanino.


Bona Sforza

In 1539 Bona Sforza had presided, reluctantly, over the burning of 80-year old Katarzyna Weiglowa for heresy, but this event ushered in an era of tolerance, and her confessor Francesco Lismanino assisted in the establishment of a Calvinist Academy in Pińczów.

Kokot

Kokot, Poland, a village in Gmina Kije, Pińczów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland


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