Jesuits of the Lithuanian Province in the Face of the Epidemic of Plague in the Years 1708–1711 (English language)

Andrea Mariani

doi:10.15762/zh.2016.65

Abstract

Jesuits of the Lithuanian Province in the Face of the Epidemic of Plague in the Years 1708–1711 (English language)

Highlights

Do we find mentions of the last anointing, which as a sacrament only became widespread in the 18th century.[175]
In Łomża there were some miraculous healings, and the Jesuit chronicler, not without a certain distance, stressed that the local population began to define the Jesuit novice who died in Rome in 1568 as the Saint of Łomża.[221]
Jesuits of the Lithuanian Province paid a high price during the epidemic between the years 1708 – 1711

Summary

THE JESUITS AND THE PLAGUE

The Fathers of the Society did not live in the isolation of the monastic cell, but witnessed the diverse attitudes of society towards the plague. On August 29th 1710 in Vilnius, Jan Narbutowicz with the lay brother Marcin Bognowski moved from the college to the neighboring building in order to better carry out pastoral work among the plague victims.[146] In Braniewo, due to a lack of appropriate accommodation outside the college, Jerzy Krautt received permission to live further within the monastery at the condition that he would not sit at the Compendium vitae p. In Nieśwież, the sacristan of the Corpus Christi church, Stanisław Lisowski, contracted the plague giving food to a servant “in a manner more merciful than prudent.”[163] Jakub Bartsch, professor of philosophy at the Academy of Vilnius, fell ill with plague while visiting a burgher, Gorius, who had recently converted to Catholicism.[164] The aim of Jakub Bartsch’s visits was to hinder the efforts of Lutheran ministers to persuade the plagued to return to the old religion Another obvious risk was associated with physical contact with sick monks or their corpses. In Łomża there were some miraculous healings, and the Jesuit chronicler, not without a certain distance, stressed that the local population began to define the Jesuit novice who died in Rome in 1568 as the Saint of Łomża (sanctus Lomzensis).[221]

GROUP STRUCTURE OF THE PLAGUE VICTIMS

Monks at the time of outbreak*

Monks at time of outbreak*

Monks at the time of the outbreak*

Year when the level

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